2 ★★ Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. Hercules 1) ... (live) in Greece. He 2) ... (be) half man and half god. His father was Zeus, the king of all the gods, and his mother was a human. Hercules 3) ... (develop) into a big and strong man. When he 4) ... (become) an adult, he 5) ... (have) to perform twelve tasks to become a true god. One of these tasks was to kill the Hydra, an evil monster with nine heads. However, he 6) ... (can/not) do it by himself. Every time Hercules 7) ... (cut) off one of its heads, two more 8) ... (grow) back. Finally, he 9) ... (ask) his nephew, Iolaus, to help him and they 10) ... (manage) to get rid of the Hydra. Hercules became a true hero!

Ответ (EN):

1. Hercules lived in Greece.
2. He was half man and half god.
3. Hercules developed into a big and strong man.
4. When he became an adult, he
5. had to perform twelve tasks to become a true god.
6. However, he could not do it by himself.
7. Every time Hercules cut off one of its heads, two more
8. grew back.
9. Finally, he asked his nephew, Iolaus, to help him and they
10. managed to get rid of the Hydra.

Перевод (RU):

1. Геракл жил в Греции.
2. Он был получеловеком и полубогом.
3. Геракл превратился в большого и сильного человека.
4. Когда он стал взрослым, он
5. должен был выполнить двенадцать подвигов, чтобы стать настоящим богом.
6. Однако он не мог сделать это сам.
7. Каждый раз, когда Геракл отрубал одну из голов, две новые
8. вырастали.
9. Наконец, он попросил своего племянника Иолая помочь ему, и они
10. сумели избавиться от Гидры.