ОГЭ Grammar

Traffic lights

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the green, yellow, and red colour scheme for traffic

lights? In 1920, in Detroit, the USA, a policeman ______(NAME) William L. Potts invented the four-way,

three-colour traffic signal.

It ________ (BASE) on the colours used in the railroad system.

Thus, Detroit _______

(BECOME) the first city to use the red, green, and yellow lights to control road traffic.

Found money

Shelley was reading an article about some money a builder had found in an old house. He had come to the police with $ 64000. She asked her friend Paul what he would do if he ______ (FIND) a large sum of money.

'Oh, the same thing he did,' Paul ______ (NOT HESITATE) to respond. 'It;s not right to keep that kind of money. It's not just $20, you know.'

Shelley thought about it for several moments. She could't help wondering how the police would know_______ (WHO) money it was.

"Apparently,' she said reading the article further, 'if nobody claims the money after a certain period of time, the police ______ (GIVE) it back to the builder.' She wondered whether the builder would be lucky on this occasion.

The bank job

When Emma started working in a big bank, she was always afraid someone might rob her. On the

_______(THREE) day, a man who looked suspicious entered the bank.

He walked straight to Emma who

was sitting behind bulletproof glass. Then he placed a note under her window. Being very scared,

Emma ______(FALL) on the floor under the counter and hit the alarm button.

The guards came and the

man _____(ARREST). Then Emma read the note. It said, “Would you have lunch with me?”