1. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени:

It (be)_______ a cold and stormy night. A traveller (ride)_______ a horse. It (rain)______ cats and dogs and he (be) _____, wet to the skin. He (ride)_______ for a few hours before he could find an inn. When he (enter)______ the inn he (see)_____ a lot of people there. They (sit)______ in front of the fire and there (be, not)______ a seat left for him. A good idea (strike)_______ him. He (call)_____ the waiter and (say) _____ to him in a loud voice: "Boy, take a plate of oysters to my horse."

Everybody (be surprised)______ . The waiter (put)_____ some oysters on the plate and (go out)_______ . Naturally, the other people (go out)_______ to see if the horse (eat)______ the oysters. A few minutes later the waiter (return)________ with the news that the horse (refuse)_______ to eat the oysters. When the other people (return)______ they (saw) _____ that the traveller (sit)_____ comfortably in a chair. He (warm)______ his feet beside the fire. And suddenly everybody (realize)_____ why the traveller (order) _____ the waiter to take the oysters to the horse.