Exercise 2. Прочитайте легенду озера Нарочь. Вставьте глаголы в Past Simple. The legend of Lake Naroch
Many years ago there (live) a girl called Nara. She (can) sing very well and play the psaltery .She (love) a young man and (want) to marry him. One day she was sitting near a large beautiful lake when a rich man (see) her. He (like) Nara so much that he (want) to marry her. As Nara (have) a fiancé (жених) she (not want) to marry the rich man. But the rich man (be) very stubborn (упрямый), and his servants (kill) Nara’s fiancé and (take) Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl (be) so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she (set) fire to the palace , and (run) away. When the rich man (learn) about it, he (send) his servants (слуги) after Nara. As she ( can not) run away from them, Nara (dive) into the lake and (die). From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.
The legend of Lake Naroch. Many years ago
there... (lived) a girl called Nara. She ... (could) sing very well and play the psaltery .She ... (loved) a
young man and ... (wanted) to marry him. One day she was sitting near a Nara (had) a groom she... (did not want) ... to marry the rich man. But the rich man ... (was) so unhappy that when away. When the rich man... (learnt) about it,
large beautiful lake when a rich man ... (saw) her. He... (liked) Nara so much that he... (wanted) to marry her. As
(was) very
stubborn, and his servants ... (killed) Nara's ... (took) groom and ...
Nara to the rich man's palace. The girl ...
everybody was sleeping, she (set) fire to the palace, and ... . (ran)
he... (sent) his servants after Nara. As she... (could not) run away from them, Nara ...
(dived) into the lake and... (died). From that time the lake was named Lake Naroch.