British people honour their famous writers. Complete the text about the well-known British writers. For questions 1—12, fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs given in capital letters.
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British people honour their famous writers.
Complete the text about the well-known British writers. For questions 1—12, fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verbs given in capital letters.
J. M. Barrie, the creator of Peter Pan, was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Now his birthplace (0) is kept as a museum.
Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland, and January 25 — the date of his birth — (1) is celebratred by Scots the world over. Robert Burns (2) is remembered with a ceremony called Burns’ Supper, at which traditional Scottish dishes (3) are eaten. Burns’ poems (4) are read and after the meal (5) is finished there may be some Scottish dancing. In 2009, the 250th anniversary of his birthday (6) was marked.
There are special book museums all over Great Britain. Exhibitions of books, photographs, pictures of famous British writers (7) are held there. The exhibition of one of Scotland’s best-loved writers Robert Louis Stevenson (8) was organized in 2005, to mark the 155th anniversary of his birthday.
The National Portrait Gallery in London contains a lot of world-famous masterpieces. Many portraits of famous British writers (9) are exhibited there.
Agatha Christie is the world’s most published crime writer. Agatha Christie’s books (10) were translated into 103 languages, and they are still popular today. A new collection of her detective stories (11) has been published recently. Exhibitions on her life and work (12) are organised every year in her native town, Torquay, England.
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Все глаголы в форме страдательного залога
(1) is celebrated (время Present Simple);
(2) is remembered (Present Simple);
(3) are eaten (Present Simple);
(4) are read (Present Simple);
(5) is finished (Present Simple);
(6) was marked (Past Simple);
(7) are held (Present Simple);
(8) was organised (Past Simple);
(9) are exhibited (Present Simple);
(10) were translated (Past Simple);
(11) has been published (Present Perfect);
(12) are organised (Present Simple);
