1. Pearce couldn’t learn to read or write – he was illiterate.

2. Pearce’s first experience as a salesman was when he was a boy, and he and
his mother used to go door-to-door asking for old clothes that they could sell in
the market.
3. At high school he instinctively knew what people wanted, and it soon seemed
that he could make money from anything.
4. In 1983, when he already owned a small boutique, he decided to invest £750
in leather trousers.
5. The first day the trousers went on sale Jeff became a millionaire, but later he
lost most of his money in the recession of the Nineties. He was almost 40, and
he was broke again.
6. In 1991, he set up/established a new business, a department store, called
Jeff’s, which again made him a millionaire.
7. When one of his daughters asked - on the night of the opening of his
department store - to read her a bedtime story he cried because he felt so
ashamed.
8. At Jeff’s he calculated figures in his head, while his wife Gina wrote all the
cheques and read contracts. In
9. 1992 Pearce was awarded a Businessman of the Year prize for the best
clothes store in Liverpool.
10. He went to evening classes, and employed a private teacher, but he found it
very difficult because of his dyslexia.
11. Finally, with the help of a ghostwriter*, his autobiography was published,
and became a best-seller.
12. Recently, he was woken in the middle of the night by his daughter knocking
on his front door. ‘Dad, I’m so proud of you,’ she said – and burst into tears in
his arms.
ashamed, autobiography, awarded, bedtime story, broke, burst into tears,
checks, contracts, department store, employed, established, figures,
illiterate, instinctively, invest, leather, prize, published, recently, recession,
salesman, went on sale, set up,

Pearce couldn’t learn to read or write – he was _____________

2. Pearce’s first experience as a _____________ was when he was a boy, and he
and his mother used to go door-to-door asking for old clothes that they could sell
in the market.
3. At high school he _____________ knew what people wanted, and it soon
seemed that he could make money from anything.
4. In 1983, when he already owned a small boutique, he decided to
_____________ £750 in _____________ trousers.
5. The first day the trousers _____________Jeff became a millionaire, but later
he lost most of his money in the _____________ of the Nineties. He was almost
40, and he was _____________ again.
6. In 1991, he _____________ / _____________ a new business, a
_______________________, called Jeff’s, which again made him a millionaire.
7. When one of his daughters asked - on the night of the opening of his
department store - to read her a _____________he cried because he felt so
_____________.
8. At Jeff’s he calculated _____________ in his head, while his wife Gina wrote
all the _____________ and read _____________. In
9. 1992 Pearce was _____________ a Businessman of the Year
_____________for the best clothes store in Liverpool.
10. He went to evening classes, and _____________ a private teacher, but he
found it very difficult because of his dyslexia.
11. Finally, with the help of a ghostwriter*, his _____________ was
_____________, and became a best-seller.
12. _____________he was woken in the middle of the night by his daughter
knocking on his front door. ‘Dad, I’m so proud of you,’ she said – and
___________________ in his arms.
ashamed, autobiography, awarded, bedtime story, broke,
burst into tears, checks, contracts, department store,
employed, established, figures, illiterate, instinctively,
invest, leather, prize, published, recently, recession,
salesman, went on sale, set up,

ashamed, autobiography, awarded, bedtime story, broke,

burst into tears, checks, contracts, department store,
employed, established, figures, illiterate, instinctively,
invest, leather, prize, published, recently, recession,
salesman, went on sale, set up,

ashamed, autobiography, awarded, bedtime story, broke,

burst into tears, checks, contracts, department store,
employed, established, figures, illiterate, instinctively,
invest, leather, prize, published, recently, recession,
salesman, went on sale, set up,

ashamed, autobiography, awarded, bedtime story, broke,

burst into tears, checks, contracts, department store,
employed, established, figures, illiterate, instinctively,
invest, leather, prize, published, recently, recession,
salesman, went on sale, set up,
 The first day the trousers w_____________on s_____________ Jeff became a
millionaire, but later he lost most of his money in the r____________of the
Nineties. He was almost 40, and he was b_____________ again.
In 1983, when he already owned a small boutique, he decided to
i_____________£750 in l_____________ trousers.
Pearce’s first experience as a s_____________ was when he was a boy, and he
and his mother used to go door-to-door asking for old clothes that they could sell
in the market.
At high school he i_____________ knew what people wanted, and it soon
seemed that he could make money from anything.
In 1992 Pearce was a_____________ a Businessman of the Year
p_____________ for the best clothes store in Liverpool.
In 1991, he s_____________ /e_____________ a new business, a
d_____________ s_____________, called Jeff’s, which again made him a
millionaire.
R_____________, he was woken in the middle of the night by his daughter
knocking on his front door. ‘Dad, I’m so proud of you,’ she said – and
b_____________into t_____________ in his arms.
Pearce couldn’t learn to read or write – he was i_____________.
He went to evening classes, and e_____________ a private teacher, but he found
it very difficult because of his dyslexia.
When one of his daughters asked - on the night of the opening of his department
store - to read her a b_____________ s_____________ he cried because he felt
so a_____________.
At Jeff’s he calculated f_____________ in his head, while his wife Gina wrote
all the c_____________ and read c_____________.
Finally, with the help of a ghostwriter*, his a_____________ was
p_____________, and became a best-seller.