GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1.Once upon a time there (live / lived / lives) lived a lion in a forest. (In / At / On / --) -- One day (before / as
soon as / after / during) after a heavy mealthe lion decided to sleep (up / under / above / along) under a tree.
After a while, there (comes / come / came) came a mouse and it started to play on the lion. (Despite /
Suddenly / While) Suddnely the lion (was got / got / gets) got up in anger and looked (at / for / on / through)
for those who disturbed (it’s / its) its nice sleep. (Than / Then) Then it(see / sees / saw) saw a small mouse
trembling in fear. The lion jumped on it and (nearly / near / nearer) nearer killed it. The mouse (asks / ask /
asked) asked the lion to forgive it. The lion (felt / feeled / feels) felt pity and (leaved / left / leaves) left the
mouse. The next day, the lion (catch / caught / was caught) was caught in a net by (the / a / an / --) a hunter.
The mouse came there and (cutted / cut / was cut) cut the net. (Moreover / Although / Thus) Thus it
escaped. Thereafter, the mouse and the lion became friends. They lived (happy / happily / happier) happier
in the forest afterwards. 
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2.No one knows when we (start / starts / started) started using color, but we think that ancient cultures
(should / may / would / can) may have used colors to symbolize specific things. For instance, the Cherokee
Indians used blue to symbolize sadness – something that we (can / might / should / must) can recognize
today from the expression ‘feeling blue’. Research (show / shows / was shown) was shown us that each
culture had a different system for color use. (By / At / In / Of) In other words, people chose (who / when /
what / why) who colors represented.Colors also affect us (by / at / on / in) at a deeper level. Experiments
have shown that colors can have a physical impact on (ours / we / us / ourselves) us . For example, red (say /
is said / says) is said to make (ours / we / us / ourselves / our) our breathing and heartbeat (fastly / fast /
faster) faster , and yellow makes our metabolism quicker. (By / From / At / On) On the other hand, blue can
make our bodies release chemicals that can calm us (up / down / above / below) down and green can have a
similar relaxing effect. 
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3. Three hundred years ago there lived (the / a / an / --) a painter somewhere (by / at / in / on) in Spain. (He /
Himself / Him / His) His name was Murillo and he was a great painter. He painted beautiful pictures and had
(few / many / little / much) many pupils. (On / In / At / --) -- every morning Murillo (goes / go / went) went
to his studio to paint and (learn / teach) teach pupils. Once Murillo came to his studio and found (finds / was
found / found) a very beautiful picture. (He / It / She / It’s) It was a picture (by / from / of / at) of (womans’ /
woman’s / women’s) woman’s portrait. “(Whose / Who / Whom) Who painted (these / this / those) this
picture?” he asked his pupils. (Somebody / Anybody / Nobody) Nobody answered.
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4. I knew (know / knew / knows) him from my early youth, because he made my (fathers’ / father’s /
fathers) father’s boots. He and his (older / old / elder) older brother lived and worked (in / by / at) In a
small town. It was (such / so / as) so pleasant and interesting to go (their / there) there. (Where / What /
When / Why) When I wanted a new pair of shoes I (goes / go / went) went to him. Without (the / a / an / --)
a word he (will make / would make / made) would make a new pair of wonderful shoes.