English

Schaefer

5 July, 13:56

B

Fill in the blanks with the present perfect

tense.

In the old days, the residents of my longhouse

spent their evenings together in the ruci or

common gallery. Tales of mythical heroes told by

the Tuai Rurnah (1) ... (thrill) and excited us.

These tales (2) ... (inspire) generations of Iban

youth.

Today, though we are a close-knit community.

we (3) ... (stop) gathering in the ruai. Television and

radio (4) ... (intrude) into our lives. The young

today (5) ... (lose) their passion for those long-ago

tales.

Sadly, the art of storytelling 6) ... (be) lost

too. This (7) ... (prompt) me to write this

collection of stories. Since young. I (8) ... (want)