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The law of gravity

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Now practice:Apples / grow / Canada

This novel / write / Charles Dickens

Oranges / grow / Valencia

Airplanes / invent / the Wright Brothers

Dinamite / invent / Alfred Nobel

Apples are grown in Canada

This novel was written by Charles

Dickens

Oranges are grown in Valencia

Airplanes were invented by

the Wright Brothers

Dinamite was invented

by Alfred Nobel

This presentation was created for my students in 2nd A and 2nd H at EOI de Granada in 2009.

Mª Elena Tapia