Question

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 groom (жених) she… (not want) … to marry the rich man. but the rich man … (be) very stubborn and his servants … (kill) nara’s groom 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.

Answer 1

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 large beautiful lake when a rich man … (saw) her. He … (liked) Nara so much that he… (wanted) to marry her. As Nara….. (had) a groom she… (did not want) … to marry the rich man. But the rich man … (was) very stubborn, and his servants … (killed) Nara’s groom and … (took) Nara to the rich man’s palace. The girl … (was) so unhappy that when everybody was sleeping, she … (set) fire to the palace , and … (ran) away. When the rich man… (learnt) about it, 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.