EXERCISE 14 Fill in the blanks with the negative form of the underlined words.

EXAMPLE Goddard believed in space flight. Other people didn’t believe

in space flight at that time.

1. The Wright brothers dreamed about flying. They

about rockets.
2. They sold bicycles. They cars.
3. Their 1903 airplane had a pilot. Their first airplane
a pilot.
4. The Wright brothers wanted to show their airplane to the U.S.
government. The government to see it at first.
5. The Wright brothers built the first airplane. They
the first rocket.
6. Goddard thought his ideas were important. His colleagues
his ideas were important.
7. He wanted to build rockets. He to build
airplanes.
8. In 1920, a newspaper wrote that he was foolish. The newspaper
about the possibility of rocket travel.
9. In 1926 his rocket flew. Before that time, his rockets
.
10. The first rocket stayed in the air for 2½ seconds. It
in the air for a long time.
11. Goddard saw his rockets fly. He rockets go to
the moon.
12. In 1957, the Russians put the first man in space. The Americans
the first man in space.
13. In 1969, the first Americans walked on the moon. Russians
on the moon.
14. A rocket went to the moon in 1969. A rocket
to the moon during Goddard’s lifetime.

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