Two thirds
one hundredth
three point four
two thousand and seven
twenty-fifth's of january
fifty percent
Complete the text with the following verbs:take,spend,grow,cut,leave,have,fall,become,sell,give,begin,build,find. Use the verbs
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<span> Henry Ford, the son of farmer, was born in Greenfield, Michigan on July 30th, 1863. He (a)…left …..school at 15 to work on his father’s farm, but in 1979 he moved to Detroit where he (b)…became…..an apprentice in a machine shop. He returned to Greenfield after his father (c)…gave…..him 40 acres to start his own farm. He hated farming and returned to Detroit to work as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company. He (d)…spent…..his spare time trying to build a petrol-driven motor car. In 1896 he (e)built……..his first car in the garden. He named the car Thin Lizzie, and it (f)…had…..no reverse gear or brakes. Ford started two companies that ended in failure. Finally, in June 1903, he (g)…found…..12 people ready to invest $28,000 in a new company. He (h)…began…..production of the Model A car. The car (i)…sold…..well, and by 1907 the profits reached $1,100,000. In 1909 Ford decided to manufacture only one type of car, the Model T. At first it (j)…took…..14 hours to assemble a Model T car. Ford reduced this to 1 hour 33 minutes. This (k)…cut…..the overall cost of each car and between 1908 and 1916 the selling price of the Model T (l)…fell…..from $1,000 to $360. In the 1920s the Ford Motor Company (m)…grew…..rapidly, and in 1925 Ford produced 60 per cent of America’s total output of cars. Henry Ford died on April 7th, 1947.</span>
#1
1. had just woken up, knocked
2. had, had expired
3. reached, had left
4. had never seen, left
5. enjoyed, had gone
6. apologised, had missed
7. looked, had lost
8. had finished, took
9. hung up, realized, had forgotten
10. had set, overslept
11. had already packed, went
#2
1. had been driving
2. had written
3. had fully recovered
4. had been ironing
5. had already learnt
6. had been crying
7. had been waiting
8. had got away
9. had been digging
10. had become
11. had they been dancing
1 I can't do harm to plants. Neither can I.
2 I never walk on the grass in the park. Neither do I.
3 I often feed birds in winter. So do I.
4 I will spend the coming summer at the seaside. So will I.
5 I have given milk to stray kittens many times. So have I.
6 I can explain why it is good to recycle things. So can I.
7 I am trying to be green. So am I.
8 I never leave waste in the forest. Neither do I.
9 I have read an interesting book about animals. So have I.
10 I hate seeing waste dumps in our forest. So do I.
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