ROBIN HOOD
Fill the gaps with the correct tense or verb form of the
verb in brackets. Where there is no verb
, insert an appropriate modal.
In Sherwood Forest , near the town of Nottinghan there (1 LIVE)
__________________ an outlaw (2 CALL) _____________________ Robin Hood , the
leader of a band of bowmen . They (3 ROB) ___________________ the rich and (4
HELP) ____________________ the poor .
Robin Hood's greatest enemy (5 BE) ___________________ the cruel sheriff of
Nottingham . Robin Hood (6 THINK) ____________________ (7 BE)
___________________ a very dangerous man . One day some of Robbin's men (8
CATCH) ____________________ by sheriff's soldiers . They (9 THROW)
____________________ into prison immediately after that . When Robin (10 HEAR)
_________________ the news of the brothers' arrest he (11 BE)
____________________ very angry . “I (12) _____________ like to storm the
prison and rescue them ,” he said “But this (13) _________________ be wise . If
we (14 GO) __________________ to Nottigham , the sheriff's soldiers (15 CATCH)
___________________ us and we (16 LAND) ____________________ in prison , too .”
While Robin (17 SPEAK) ____________________ he (18 APPROACH)
______________________ by a beggar . This old man told Robbin that the
sheriff's soldiers (19 ALREADY BUILD)
___________________________ the gallows but the sheriff (20 NOT FIND)
____________________ the hangman yet . Suddenly Robbin (21 HAVE)
___________________ an idea . He asked the beggar if he (22 SELL)
____________________ him his old coat . After it (23 GIVE)
_____________________ to him he put it on and asked his men , “ (24 YOU
RECOGNIZE) _________________________________ me , if you (25 SEE)
____________________ me in this coat
?” “Your mother (26 NOT RECOGNIZE)
__________________________ her own son ,” said Little John , the tallest of all
.
The next day Robin (27 GO) ___________________ to the sheriff (28 DRESS) _____________________
as a beggar . The sheriff told him that he (29 FIND) ________________________
three of Robin's men , but a person who (30 HANG) _______________________ them
(31 NOT FIND ) __________________________ yet .
Robin (32 EXPLAIN) ________________________ to the sheriff that he was
ready (33 DO) _____________ that . Soon the three arrested men (34 CALL)
______________________ to come to the gallows . While they (35 CARRY)
________________________ by the sheriff's soldiers – they (36)
__________________ walk because they (37 STARVE) __________________________ to
death – Robin (38 GIVE) ____________ his man a sign (39 COME)
_____________________ forward and (40 HELP) _______________________ him.
The story of Robin Hood and his brave fellows (41 REPEAT)
____________________________ over and over again until these days .
