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g. Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic cancer in 2003.
2.3. Answer the following questions.

a. When and where was Steve Jobs born?
b. Why did Jobs’ parents give him up for adoption?

c. Why did Jobs take a job with Atari?
d. How was the fund managed to build the Apple I computer?

e. What did Jobs do immediately after he was fired from Apple?
f. Why is the year 1998 important for Apple?

g. When did Jobs get married? What’s the name of his wife?

3 Grammar Time

3.1. Study the following sentences and note how the concord is made.

a. Neither of the boys is brawny.

b. The boss, together with his staff was maundering through the
hospital.

c. Hard Times is a popular book by Charles Dickens.
d. Cacti in the desert are a great source of water.

e. I as well as my buddies am shooting videos in Pathivara.
f. Many a technicians has applied for this job.

g. Mice have grown so large in number that they are found
everywhere.

h. Physics is a compulsory subject in grade eleven.
i. The intelligence of these people is just funny.

j. Ten thousand rupees is not enough for a graphics designer.
3.2. Choose the correct option and complete the given sentences.

a. The girls as well as their father (was/were) flattering the chef.
b. Thirty miles (seem/seems) to be a long distance in gravel.

c. The character of these workers (is/are) questionable.

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