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 (a)   (NAME) William L. Potts invented the four-way,

three-colour traffic signal.

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

Thus, Detroit (a)  

(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 (a)   (FIND) a large sum of money.

'Oh, the same thing he did,' Paul (a)   (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 (a)   (WHO) money it was.

"Apparently,' she said reading the article further, 'if nobody claims the money after a certain period of time, the police (a)   (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

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

The guards came and the

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