Orville and Wilbur Wright (0) a bicycle shop in the USA. They repaired bikes but (1) ………. two brothers also built the first flying machines with an engine inside! They called it “Wright Flyer”. On 17th December, 1903, Orville Wright climbed into “Flyer” and started the engine. Flyer only
(2) ……………….37 metres, but it was the first time a machine that was heavier than air carried a man up into the sky.
The news (3) ………very exciting and soon many other people started trying to build flying machines too. In 1909, a man, (4) ………….name was Louis Bleriot, flew an aeroplane across the sea from France to England for the first time. It took 37 minutes. A famous newspaper paid Bleriot £1,000 for the story of his wonderful success.
Example:
1. A) has B) having
C) had Answer: C had
2. A) this B) these
C) some
3. A) went B) going
C) goes
4. A) were B) been
C) was
5. A) whose B) which
C) who