1. He spent last summer in the country. 2. When you rang
me up I was having dinner. 3. Yesterday it was my day off. 4. Her
parents went abroad last month. 5. His mother was making supper
when I came into the kitchen. 6. When did you get up last Sunday?
7. My cousin left his native town ten years ago. 8. Bob and
Jane were going to the club when we met them. 9. Yesterday evening at
nine o’clock Mike was hurrying home. 10. How long was she staying in
London last year? 11. My friend translated two articles from that
German magazine last weekend. 12. They were having their English at
10 o’clock yesterday morning.
The prominent politician Winston Churchill was born' in 1874.
He is the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and grandson of the seventh Duke of Marl-borough. He was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst and entered the Army in 1895.
In 1900, he entered Parliament and soon became a prominent figure.
He left the Conservative Party and joined the Liberals* ranks because of his opposition to the Prime Minister's policy. He held different responsible posts.
At the outbreak of war he was First Lord of the Admiralty and was responsible for the speedy mobilization of the Fleet. He later held office as Minister of Munitions and Minister for War.
Soon after the outbreak of the Second World War he became Prime Minister and his heartening leadership and speeches inspired the nation to greater efforts in the darkest days of the war.
Churchill had great literary gifts and he wrote many books, including a life of his father and histories of the First and Second World Wars.
