How Towns Have Arisen
Most villages and towns on the British Isles came into being because of their favourable situation for trade.
Rather more than a hundred years ago, a great change came over the land. Many machines were invented about that time. Spinning and weaving, for example, which had previously been done by hand, were done by machinery that were driven by water or steam-power.
The work which usually was done in the houses of the people began to be carried on in large mills or factories, and workers found it convenient to live near them.More and more factories were built and men and women left the country districts in great numbers and crowded into towns.
Since then the movement of people into towns has been going on until now. England is dotted with great cities.
All over Britain, and especially in those parts were the coal needed for power is to be found, there are mining and manufacturing areas, such as the Lancashire cotton district, the Black county of Midland, and others. Many towns are found close together in those districts, and many people live within a small area, so that the population is very dense.
Write the correct words into each sentence. The answer can contain from 1 to 5 words in each gap.
1. Rather more than a hundred years ago, a great change came
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2. Since then the movement of people into towns has been
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3. There are mining and manufacturing
Ex.24. Open the brackets and use the proper tense (Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect or Past Perfect Continuous).
1. When he (arrived), I _had beeen__ (living) in London for a week.
2. We _were__ (reading) while he _was___ (eating).
3. When Jack (phoned) me, I __was__ (writing) a letter.
4. When my friend (came), I had been (doing) an exercise for an hour.
5. The library (had closed) by the time I (got) there .
6. I _was_ (driving) home when I ___ (heard) the news on the radio.
7. They were always having loud parties which went on till the early hours.
8. We _had been_ (walking) for some hours before we (realized) that we (had lost) our way.
9. No sooner had I (complained) that I (had not heard) from them for a long time than the letter _ (came).
10. The concert was a great success. When the pianist (finished) his part, the audience _ (applauded) the orchestra for some minutes.
11. It was the poorest room he had ever (seen).
12. No sooner had she (come) to the station than a fast train from Glasgow (arrived).
13. 6. I _was (driving) home when I (heard) the news on the radio.
14. I _had_ (finished) my work by afternoon and _was___ (sitting) quietly in my study thinking of the days that _had__ (passed) by.
15. The storm had already (died) away, but very far off the thunder was still (muttering).
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To leave on to be on
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