Part 1. Grammar

Use the words in brackets in their correct form to fill in the gaps.
An example (0) has been done for you.
His name was Fleming, and he was a (0)…poor… (poverty) Scottish farmer. One day, while
(8) ……………….…. (try) to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a
(9) ……………….…. (near) bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in
black muck, was a (10) ……………….…. (terrify) boy, screaming and struggling to free
(11) ……………….…. (he). Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and
(12) ……………….…. (terrify) death.
The next day, a fancy (13) ……………….…. (carry) pulled up to the sparse surroundings. An elegantly
dressed nobleman (14) ……………….…. (step) out and introduced himself as the father of the boy
Farmer Fleming (15) ……………….…. (save).
‘I want to repay you,’ said the nobleman. ‘You saved my son’s life.’
‘No, I can’t accept a (16) ……………….…. (pay) for what I did,’ the Scottish farmer replied waving off
the offer.