Taras Shevchenko

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Taras Shevchenko was born    [on, in, at] 9^th March 1814. He was the third child in the family. His parents were serfs which meant that they 'belonged' to       [her, their, his]master. However, his grandfathers and great grandfathers were Cossacks and were free       [men, man, women]And they fought for the freedom of their country.

When Taras was two, the family        [move, moved, moving]to the village where his father was from. There the boy       [spend, sent, spent]his childhood.

At      [this, that, a]time people believed that the sky was lying on some 'huge iron pillars'. When Taras was       [about, on, at]six he also heard such stories.

So, one day the boy got out intothe street and then      [goes, went, goed]along the road. He wanted to find where those pillars were! His parents and sister looked       [for, at, after] him everywhere but they          [couldn't, could, can't]find him! Luckily,some merchants saw     [a, -, the]boy in the fields, took him with them and brought     [him, his, her]home.

   [On, In, At]the age of eight he learnt to read and write and became interested in arts. When Taras was nine his mother      [dies, dead, died]and two years        [ago, later, from]the boy lost his father.

That was the beginning of his long and difficult road to freedom.