Read the text below and look carefully at each line
IV. Question 3. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct but some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) at the end of the line. If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word at the end of the line. Some lines have been done as examples.
FASHION DESIGNER
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When I was 17, my father asked me about what jobs I was applying for. It was
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the moment I’d been dreading, but I couldn’t avoid it. I said: “Dad, this may
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be come as a shock to you, but I’m thinking of going to university.” He looked
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confused. “University! What do you want to go there for?” “To train to be a
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fashion designer,” I said. He looked out from me to my mum and back again.
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“You’re joking, aren’t you? Please tell me you’re joking.” No one believed me
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I was serious. But in the end I stuck to my plans. I knew what I was good at,
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I knew what I wanted and I knew how much to get it. And I did. After a
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three-year course, I graduated with a degree in fashion design. In my final year,
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months before graduating, I was sent examples of my designs around the world.
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The directors of an Italian fashion company were so far impressed with my work
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that I was given a contract for to design jackets for their summer collection. And
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at my graduation fashion show, there were no prouder parents than mine.
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