Verb exercise 3

Identify the errors in verb forms and write down the correct forms of the verbs.

1. "Wonderful!" he said to himself as he studied the book. "Wonderful!"
   
2. The book was an old one, yellowed with age - just the kind of book my uncle enjoyed the most.
   
3. "Did you want me for something, Uncle?" I ask.
   
4. "It is the Heims-Kringla of Snorre Tarleson," he said. "The famous Icelandic author of the twelfth century. It is a true account of the Norwegian princes who ruled Iceland."
   
5. "What language is it in?" I asked, hoped that it would be a German translation that I can read. But my uncle would have nothing of translations - only originals would do.
   
6. "It is a Runic manuscript," he said. "The language of the original polulation of Iceland." He is angry at my ignorance.
   
7. My uncle picked up the book to show me the strange letters of this language and a scrap of paper falls from between two of the yellowed pages.
   
8. My uncle seizes the paper like a hungry man snatch at a morsel of bread. It was an ancient parchment, about three inches by five inches, with strange-looked characters written all over it.
   
9. "It is Runic," my uncle declares, his voice and fingers trembling.
   
10. I look at it closely. Little do I know then that this small parchment would lead us on one of the most wonderous adventures ever known to man.
    
11. But while my uncle could read Runic, he cannot not decipher the meaning of the letters on the parchment.
    
12. Just then the cook calls up to us that dinner was ready. "I cannot be bothered with dinner!" my uncle yelled.
    
13. But I was hungry and went to dinner. I was just finishing the last of my dessert and wine when I hear my uncle roaring for me to come at once. I leap for the stairs to his study, so loud and fierce was his call.