Open the brackets and put the verbs in to the proper tense form.
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Once, while I 1__________ (walk) in a park in London, I 2_________ (see) an old strange-looking man. He 3_______ (sit) on a bench 4________ (hold) a closed book in his hands. I 5_______ (sit) down on the bench and 6________ (look) at the book. I 7 (see) that the book 8_______ (be) of great interest. It 9________ (be) a very old copy of early Byron's works. I 10_________ (look) at the old man in surprise and 11__________ (understand) that he 12_________ (know) I 13_____________ (sit) on the bench because of him and the book he 14__________ (hold) in his hands. I 15______ (smile). "It is the last I 16_______ (have)," he said and 17________ (stretch) it out to me. I 18_______ (take) with the words, "I 19________ (be) a lover of old books."
I 20 (open) this small book and 21_______ (look) at the date. "Oh," I said. "It 22_________ (be) a remarkable book." "Yes," he 23________ (sigh). "I 24________ (have) to sell it to buy the necessities of life. I 25__________ (have) a hard life and this book 26________always (be) a comfort to me."
I 27 (nod) and 28 (think) that I 29_______never______ (see) such a remarkable book. Ключ ответы

Once, while I 1 was walking in a park in London, I 2 saw an old strange-looking man. He 3 was sitting on a bench 4 holding a closed book in his hands. I 5 sat down on the bench and 6 looked at the book. I 7 saw that the book 8 was of great interest. It 9 was a very old copy of early Byron's works. I 10 looked at the old man in surprise and 11 understood that he 12 had known I 13 had sat on the bench because of him and the book he 14 was holding in his hands. I 15 smiled. "It is the last I 16 have," he said and 17 stretched it out to me. I 18 took with the words, "I 19 am a lover of old books." I 20 opened this small book and 21 looked at the date. "Oh," I said. "It 22 is a remarkable book." "Yes," he 23 sighed. "I 24 have to sell it to buy the necessities of life. I 25 have had a hard life and this book 26 has always been a comfort to me." I 27 nodded and 28 thought that I 29 had never seen such a remarkable book.