1. Are the statements below true or false? If it’s false, correct it.
- The is used before nouns which are unique.
- The Past Perfect is used to put emphasis on the duration of an action started and finished in the past before another past action.
- Get by means have a good relationship.
- We use the with the Superlative Degree.
- No article is used with singular countable nouns to talk about indefinite things.
In the period from 1996 to 2007, in 2009 and 2015 — the richest man on the planet by Forbes magazine. His condition in March 2015 according to Forbes magazine estimated 79.2 billion, an increase of 13.2 billion relative to September 2012. It 20 times in a row made him the richest man in the United States and 16 times the first one (the second was Carlos slim helú with his family, his fortune is estimated at 77.1 billion dollars).
Bill gates is one of the record for the amount of funds donated to charity: in the period from 1994 to 2010 he has invested in the Fund of bill and Melinda gates Foundation more than $28 billion[8]. In February 2010, gates made a proposal to all the billionaires on the transfer of half of their fortunes to charity.