the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to
school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At
the age of fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….
(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the
best known writer in his time.
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and
…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next
forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the
founding of the USA.
Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)
electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text
books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other
practical tools. He ……………………… (make) a study of water and ……………………….
(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… (invent) bifocal
glasses when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and many more because he …………….………
(believe) he ………………………… (can).
E) Read the following story:
Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship.
One summer he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s
house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he
comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port.
Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot
speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The
letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
a) Write the story again. Use THE SIMPLE PAST:
Bob
was
a young sailor. He
lived
in England, but he
was
often away with his ship.
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b) Answer the questions about the story:
1.
What was Bob?
He was a young sailor.
2.
What change did he find when he was back home?
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3.
How was their daughter?
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4.
How did Bob feel about the girl?
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5.
What did Bob tell the girl?
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6.
What did Bob send the girl from Capetown?
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