7. Put the verbs into the correct form. WHANG THE MILLER (after Goldsmith)
1. Whang the Miller was very avaricious. Nobody (love)
money more than he, and he
(respect)
those who (be)
rich. 2. When people (talk)
of a rich
man, Whang always (say).
'I (know).
him very well; he and I
(be).
friends since childhood', but when people (mention).
a poor man, he
always (say)
that he not (know).
him and never (hear)
his
name before, as he not (be)
fond of many acquaintances. 3. One day as he (think)
how to increase his wealth, he (learn)
that one of his neighbors, Hunks by
name, (find)
a large pot of gold underground after he (dream)
of it three
nights running. 4. The greedy miller greatly (envy).
his neighbor's luck and (complain)
every day to his customers that he (be)
unlucky, saying, 1
(work)
from morning till night for so many years, but I never (find)
any gold.
I wish I could dream like my neighbor! 5. At last he (dream)
one night that under a certain
part of the wall of the mill there (be).
a huge pot of gold.