Прочитай приведённый ниже текст. Преобразуй слова, написанные заглавными буквами в скобках, обозначенных номерами 20–28, так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию текста. Заполни пропуски полученными словами. Каждый пропуск соответствует отдельному заданию 20–28. You see, in my school days the teachers 20.___________ (HAVE) big classes, like thirty or forty students per class. Most teachers were strict with the students. When we didn't understand a topic, they didn't have time to explain it to 21.___________ (WE) personally, so we were left behind. Some of 22.___________ (THAT) teachers didn't care or lacked teaching skills. I am one of these 23.___________ (PERSON) that was left behind. I never learned cursive writing in all of my ten years of school because of that reason. After graduating from the 24.___________ (EIGHT) grade to a very good high school in Ottawa, I wanted to complete grades nine and ten. However, the school didn't quite accept my writing. This was the 25.___________ (EMBARRASSING) feeling in my life. At that point, it was too late for me to learn cursive writing. All I could do was to take a pencil on a piece of paper and draw a line up and down. I stretched it long to make it look like a word. I didn't know how to form letters or join them together. Nobody could read what I wrote. That is why I wrote in big block letters and because of this I 26.___________(LOSE) a lot of marks, so I 27.___________ (DISCOURAGE) and quit school. Over the years, I learned something about the construction business and started my own construction company. Though I am very successful with my business, I wish I had got a 28.___________ (GOOD) education in my youth.

Давайте разберем текст и выполним преобразования слов в скобках так, чтобы они грамматически соответствовали содержанию. 1. **20. HAVE** В данном случае нам нужно использовать глагол в прошедшем времени. Правильная форма — **had**. **Ответ:** had 2. **21. WE** Здесь мы должны преобразовать местоимение "we" в объектную форму. Таким образом, мы используем "us". **Ответ:** us 3. **22. THAT** В этом предложении нужно использовать притяжательное местоимение. "Those" (те) указывает на группу учителей. **Ответ:** those 4. **23. PERSON** Нам нужно притяжательное существительное, поэтому правильно будет использовать "person". В данном случае это "persons" в контексте - множество людей. Либо просто "person", если говорим о себе. **Ответ:** person 5. **24. EIGHT** Здесь требуется прилагательное в прошедшем времени, которое соответствует числу. Правильная форма — **eighth** (восьмой). **Ответ:** eighth 6. **25. EMBARRASSING** Необходимо изменить это слово в прилагательное в превосходной степени: "embarrassing" в форме "the most embarrassing". **Ответ:** most embarrassing 7. **26. LOSE** Нам нужно в форме прошедшего времени: "lose" изменяем на "lost". **Ответ:** lost 8. **27. DISCOURAGE** Здесь мы используем форму, которая говорит о том, что произошло в прошлом. Поменяем "discourage" на "was discouraged". **Ответ:** was discouraged 9. **28. GOOD** Мы ищем прилагательное в превосходной степени, поэтому правильная форма — **better**. **Ответ:** better Теперь заполним все пропуски в тексте: You see, in my school days the teachers 20. **had** big classes, like thirty or forty students per class. Most teachers were strict with the students. When we didn't understand a topic, they didn't have time to explain it to 21. **us** personally, so we were left behind. Some of 22. **those** teachers didn't care or lacked teaching skills. I am one of these 23. **persons** that was left behind. I never learned cursive writing in all of my ten years of school because of that reason. After graduating from the 24. **eighth** grade to a very good high school in Ottawa, I wanted to complete grades nine and ten. However, the school didn't quite accept my writing. This was the 25. **most embarrassing** feeling in my life. At that point, it was too late for me to learn cursive writing. All I could do was to take a pencil on a piece of paper and draw a line up and down. I stretched it long to make it look like a word. I didn't know how to form letters or join them together. Nobody could read what I wrote. That is why I wrote in big block letters and because of this I 26. **lost** a lot of marks, so I 27. **was discouraged** and quit school. Over the years, I learned something about the construction business and started my own construction company. Though I am very successful with my business, I wish I had got a 28. **better** education in my youth. Если у вас есть еще вопросы или нужны дополнительные пояснения, не стесняйтесь обращаться!