XII. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. He _____________(receive) £300 when his uncle died.
2. The day we heard the news we _____________(have) holidays with our family.
3. Why ________________(you/ not answer) my phone call last night? ~ Oh, sorry,I _____________(take) a shower at that time.
4. She _____________(not see) her father since he _____________(start) to work inMarseille two years ago.
5. My mother ____________(fly) home from London today. Her flight _____________(arrive) in an hour.
6. We decided not to go because it _____________(rain) very hard.
7. When I ________(be) a child, my mother __________(read) me bedtime stories every night.
8. ________________(you/ ever/ hear) a Vietnamese folktale before?
9. The hare believed he would win the race, so he stopped _____________(take) a nap.
10. Once upon a time, there was a rich man _____________(live) in a village.
XIII. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. Is The False Grandmother one of the ____________ versions of Little Red Riding Hood? (origin)
2. The king wanted to repay his servant’s ____________ in another way. (loyal)
3. The fox ____________ stole the egg by distracting the mother with a rock. (cunning)
4. The first thing that saved All Baba was his lack of ____________. (greedy)
5. Saint George is one of the most ____________ heroes in the western world. (legend)
6. The stepfather was a wicked man and treated his stepson very ____________. (cruelty)
7. Giving gifts to servants is an example of King’s ____________. (generous)
8. Princess Elsa ____________ magic that allows her to control and create ice and snow. (possession)
9. ____________, his parents passed away when he was 12 years old. (fortune)
10. The princess was so ____________ that she lost her ability to speak. (fright)