Задание

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized word.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

There are many legends about the origin of Valentine’s Day. The 1) POPULAR one dates all the way back to 270 AD, the days of the Roman Empire. Emperor

Claudius II believed that single men made 2) GOOD soldiers. However, Bishop Valentine 3) PERFORM many secret marriage ceremonies. When the Emperor discovered this, he sentenced the Bishop to death. While in prison, he 4) FALL in love with the jailor’s daughter and just before he 5) EXECUTEon February 14th, 6) SEND her a note signed – “From Your Valentine” – a phrase that is still widely 7) USE today!

Over one billion cards 8) SELL and 9) EXCHANGE on Valentine’s Day worldwide making it one of the 10) BIG days for greeting card companies.

11) SURPRISE though, a majority of the cards 12) BUY for teachers and 13) CHILD!