Read the text and fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized words. do you enjoy levi's blue jeans? blue jeans popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? levi strauss in germany in the mid 1800's and to the united states. he lived in new york city and the dry-goods business. in 1853 he moved to the usa. many of 6) customers were cowboys and miners. they needed stong clothing. strauss a special fabric from france that was comfortable. it "serge de nimes," which to the word denim. another man jacob davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from levi strauss. he was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. one of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. so jacob davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants them the customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends. jacob davis soon realized that rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody that idea. he went to the businessman levi strauss and told him his idea. he said, "if you to pay for the patent, we the profits." the new riveted pant business levi strauss and company. 1) wear, 2) become 3) be born 4) emigrate 5) learn 6) levi strauss 7) find 8) call, 9) shorten 10) name 11) make, 12) strong 13) use 14) steal 15) agree, 16) share 17) call
Another man named Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. Davis was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants to strengthen them. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends about them.
Jacob Davis soon realized that rivets were a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody to steal that idea. He went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. Davis said, "If you agree to pay for the patent, we can share the profits." This led to the new riveted pant business called Levi Strauss and Company.
Now, let's fill in the gaps with the proper grammatical form of the capitalized words:
1) Do you wear Levi's blue jeans?
2) Blue jeans have become popular all over the world.
3) Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid 1800s.
4) He emigrated to the United States.
5) Levi Strauss learned about the special fabric from France.
6) Many of his customers were cowboys and miners.
7) Jacob Davis found a great business idea.
8) The fabric was called "serge de nimes" but was later shortened to denim.
9) Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants.
10) The new pants were named after Levi Strauss.
11) Jacob Davis made pants for hard-working men.
12) The rivets made the pants strong.
13) Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis used the fabric to make pants.
14) Jacob Davis didn't want anyone to steal his idea.
15) Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss agreed to share the profits.
16) The new business was called Levi Strauss and Company.
17) The fabric was also called denim.