Ex 6. Supply the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.
Isaac Newton (1)............ (be) one of the greatest men in the history of scientists. He (2)...
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.... (bear
(help) his mother on the farm
in a small village of Wootsphore in England. His father (3) ... .... (be) a poor farmer. When the boy was
14, his father (4).......... (die). Newton left school and (5)
(not like) farming, he was fond of poetry and mathematics. So, Newton
(leave) school, Newton studied at Cambridge
But the boy (6)
was sent to school. After he (7) ...
University. He lectured on mathematics at Cambridge University after (8).........
greatest discovery (9).
.... (be) the law of gravitation.
......(graduate). His
Ex 7. Mark the letter A, B, or C to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
1. Robert is (A) tall and he's got (B) a short straight dark hair and (C) green eyes.
2. (A) When did you first (B) became (C) famous?
3. If he (A) don't water the (B) trees, they will (C) die soon.
4. There are (A) a lot of black clouds (B) in the sky. It (C) will rain.
5. She (A) is born in a (B) small village in Nghệ An (C) province.
6. How(A) does she get (B)to work (C) yesterday?
7. She (A) has blue (B) eyes and (C) a oval face.
8. (A) People think she (B)is going to buy a big (C) house in Ha Noi.