practice 2a (grammar focus)

Once, there was an old man who _____ (1) on the shore of a beautiful sea

During the day, he would _____ (2) nets and go sailing to catch fish at night.

Whenever the man _____ (3) Boley

he would immediately _____ (4)

While Serzhina just _____ (5) whenever the old man called her for meals

Boley began to dislike Serzhina for she did not _____ (6) as much as he did.

The old man, however, always told Boley that he _____ (7)

in Serzhina’s goodness and that she would ____ (8).

One day, a disaster struck and the old man ____ (9) both Boley and Serzhina to help.

The sea water ____ (10) black, and since that day the fish being caught has gotten less and less.