Read the passage and then answer the questions below

Mark Twain was a famous American writer. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and “Mark Twain” was his pen name. He was born in a small town on the Missouri River in the USA. The boy had many friends at school and when he became a writer, he described them in his stories.

When he was twelve, his father died and the boy began to work and learned the profession of a printer. He always wanted to be a sailor and when he was twenty, he found work on a river boat. Then he left the boat and lived in California. Here he began writing short stories under the name of Mark Twain. He sent them to newspapers. The readers liked his stories very much. His best novel “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer” was published in 1876.

Where was he born?

Write the correct form of the word in each blank.

Their _______________ has lasted a lifetime. (friend)

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

John is too young to understand the question.

→ John is not ________________________________________________

Choose the best answer

Nam: “Congratulations on your success!” Hoa: “__________.”

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

The box was so heavy that my son couldn’t carry it.

→ It was ____________________________________________________

Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it.

The last time I heard from my sister was 5 months ago.

→ I haven’t _________________________________________________

Choose the best answer

 Jane speaks English _______ than you do.

Complete the sentences by writing the correct tense of the verbs in blankets

My brother ___________________ (buy) this house 10 years ago.