Read and complete the text using the following verbs, do not forget to conjugate them

in past.

Past
attend Affended
co-found Co-founded
decide Decided
die Died
earn Earned
enter Entered
found Founded
increase Increased
invent Invented
learn Learned
live Lived
name Named
pick Picked
receive Received
resign (2) Resigned
return (2) Returned
show Showed
start (3) Started
stop Stopped
work (2) worked

Steve Jobs was a famous American entrepreneur and inventor. He was the co-founder and
chairman of Apple Inc.
learned lived showed worked

He was born in San Francisco, California in 1955. He 1___Lived_________ with his

adoptive parents Paul and Clara Jobs. Paul 2_____worked_______ as a mechanic and a
carpenter, and Steve 3______ learned ______ how to work with his hands. Paul
4
______showed______ Steve how to build electronics such as radios and televisions.
attended named picked returned started (x2) worked

Steve Jobs' career 5____started________ in 1972. He 6____worked________ as a

technician for Atari. After taking a break to travel to India, Jobs
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____attended_returned_______ to Atari in 1974. In 1975, he
8
_____started_attended______ meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Steve
Wozniak. In 1976, Jobs and Wozniak 9______returned__started____ their own business,

co-founded decided founded invented received resigned

returned started stopped
which they 10_____named_______ "Apple Computer Company", remembering a happy
summer when Jobs 11______picked______ apples.

In 1976, Wozniak 12___Invented_________ the Apple I computer. They

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____started____received____ funding from an Intel engineer and
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______decided___started___ to sell the computers. However, because of disappointing
sales and Jobs's difficult relationship with the company, he
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____resigned____stopped____ coming to work and 16____returned___resigned_____
as chairman in 1985. Jobs 17___stopped__founded_______ NeXT Inc. after his
resignation with $7 million. In 1996, Apple 18______received___decided___ to buy
NeXT for $427 million and Jobs 19____co-founded____returned____ to the company
that he 20___co__founded_______ .

died earned entered increased resigned

With Jobs as chairman, the company 21______increased______ sales significantly with

the introduction of the iMac, the iPod portable music player and other new products. On
June 29, 2007, Apple 22______enteded______ the cellular phone business with the
introduction of the iPhone.

Jobs 23______earned______ a salary of only $1 per year as CEO but he was worth $8.3
billion in 2010 according to Forbes. In August 2011, he 24_____resigned_______ as CEO
of Apple and he 25______died______ of cancer in October 2011.

1. Did Steve Jobs live with his real parents as a child?

__________NO,he didn`t.
He lived with his adopted
parents_______________________________________________________________

2. Did his career start in 1972?

_____Yes, he
did____________________________________________________________________

3. When did he start his own business?

_____1976________________________________________________________________
____

4. Did they receive funding from their parents?

__________NO,he didn`t received
their_______________________________________________________________

5. When did he found the company NeXT?

_________________________________________________________________________
1996