Откройте скобки и используйте правильную форму глагола. В начале есть пример

Откройте скобки и используйте правильную форму глагола. В начале есть пример (0).

Isaac Newton (0 so interest)_was so interested__ in different problems that he became quite absent-minded. One day a gentleman ( come) _______________ to see him, but he ( tell) _______________ that Isaak Newton was busy in his study and that nobody ( allow) _______________ to disturb him.
As it ( be) ____________ dinner time, the visitor ( sit) _____________down in the dining room (wait)_____________ for the scientist. The servant came in and ( place) _______________ on the table a boiled chicken under a cover. An hour ( pass) _______________ but Newton ( not appear) _______________. The gentleman

( feel) _______________ really hungry. After he ( eat) _______________ the chicken, he ( cover) _______________ up the skeleton. He ( ask) _______________ the servant to prepare another one for his master.
Before the second chicken (cook) _______________, however, the scientist ( enter) _______________ the room and ( apologize) _______________ for his delay. Then he added, As I ( feel) _______________ rather tired and hungry, I ( hope) _______________ you ( excuse) _______________ me a little longer, while I ( take) _______________ my dinner, then I ( be) _______________ at your service. With these words he ( lift) _______________ the cover, and without emotion ( turn) _______________ round to the gentleman and ( say) _____________, See how strange scientists ( be) _____________. I quite ( forget) that I ( dine) _______________ already.