Sixth activity: Lea y complete el texto, escribiendo el pasado de los verbos que están dentro del paréntesis.
Bettina Dorfmann, a woman was born in Germany, she collected more than 15,000 Barbie dolls since she was 13 years old. She 1. (be) ___________interested in Barbie dolls since she was five years old when her father 2. (give) ___________ her first doll in 1966. However, she 3. (be) ___________ a professional collector for 24 years. Of course, she 4. (spend) ___________ a lot of money since she started this hobby. Apparently, she 5. (pay) ___________ nearly £200,000 since 1993 for all the dolls, she 6. (purchase). ___________ She didn’t want to stop. Bettina possesses the world record for her collection. Jay Leno, the famous US chat show host, is crazy about cars. He 7. (purchase). ___________ his first car for $350 when he was fourteen. He 8. (spend) ___________ a lot of money on cars. He 9. (collect) ___________ hundreds of cars since the mid-1980s. He 10. (buy) ___________ famous cars like Bentleys and Jaguars and less famous ones. He 11 (have) ___________ an intense passion for cars since he was a child. He has owned one car, a ’55 Buick Roadmaster, for over 40 years. Luckily, he has had the money since he became famous.
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Bettina Dorfmann, a woman was born in Germany, she collected more than 15,000 Barbie dolls since she was 13 years old. She 1. (be) ___________interested in Barbie dolls since she was five years old when her father 2. (give) ___________ her first doll in 1966. However, she 3. (be) ___________ a professional collector for 24 years. Of course, she 4. (spend) ___________ a lot of money since she started this hobby. Apparently, she 5. (pay) ___________ nearly £200,000 since 1993 for all the dolls, she 6. (purchase). ___________ She didn’t want to stop. Bettina possesses the world record for her collection. Jay Leno, the famous US chat show host, is crazy about cars. He 7. (purchase). ___________ his first car for $350 when he was fourteen. He 8. (spend) ___________ a lot of money on cars. He 9. (collect) ___________ hundreds of cars since the mid-1980s. He 10. (buy) ___________ famous cars like Bentleys and Jaguars and less famous ones. He 11 (have) ___________ an intense passion for cars since he was a child. He has owned one car, a ’55 Buick Roadmaster, for over 40 years. Luckily, he has had the money since he became famous.
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Respuesta:
1. was
2. gave
3. was
4. spent
5. paid
6. purchased
7. purchased
8. spent
9. collected
10. bought
11. had
Explicación:
1. estaba
2. dió
3. fué
4. gastó
5. pagó
6. compró
7. compró
8. gastó
9. coleccionó
10. compró
11. tenia