A widow is a woman whose husband is dead.
A cousin is a child of an uncle or aunt.
A widower is a man whose wife is dead.
An orphan is a child who has lost one or both of its parents.
A mother-in-law is one’s wife’s or husband‘s mother.
A father-in-law is one’s wife’s or husband’s father.
A daughter-in-law is one’s son’s wife.
A son-in-law is one’s daughter’s husband.
A brother-in-law is one’s husband’s or wife’s brother or one’s sister‘s husband.
A sister-in-law is one’s husband’s or wife’s sister or one’s brother’s wife.
A grandmother is one’s father's or mother‘s mother.
A grandfather is one‘s father’s or mother’s father.
A granddaughter is one’s daughter’s or son’s daughter.
A grandson is one’s daughter’s or son’s son.
A stepmother is one’s father’s second wife.
An aunt is one’s mother’s or father‘s sister.
An uncle is one’s father’s or mother’s brother.
A nephew is one’s brother’s or sister‘s son.
A niece is one‘s brother’s or sister’s daughter.
A stepfather is one’s mother’s second husband.
Graham Alison, a businessman, aged 70, (1)was reported missing on Sunday. His
wife came home late and found a note that (2) was left by her husband on the bed. The
message was that he’d had to go New York on an emergency. Mrs. Alison
(3)was surprised at receiving this at a short notice and went to bed slightly annoyed.
Early in the morning she (4) was woken up by a telephone call: a male voice of a
complete stranger told her that Mr. Alison (5) was kidnapped. Mrs. Alison started to panic
because the ransom that (6) was demanded amounted to no less than a million dollars, the
huge sum could nowhere (7) be found. Moreover, she (8)was told that the money
had (9) to be paid in two days. Next day the same voice called up again and said that the
money had (10)to be left under a certain bench in the nearby park. He also added that if the 49
police (11) was told Mr. Alison (12) would be killed. Mrs. Alison consulted her
lawyer and she (13) was given a piece of advice; she came to the conclusion that the best
thing for her to do was to let the police know. So, the police (14) was informed and the hunt
began. Soon they found one of the kidnappers and the next day the gang (15) was arrested.
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>
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