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Read the biography text of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Complete the gap with the correct verb in the box.

Verbs in the box: met - attacked - were - gained - was - began - were - applied - told - married

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1. _____ the thirty-fifth President of the United States. He was the son of Joseph Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was born in 1917. There 2. ______ nine children in the Kennedy family: four sons and five daughters. John was known as "Jack".

2. After the Japanese 3. ______ Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Kennedy 4. ______ for sea duty. He was in command of a PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat. One night a Japanese ship cut his boat in two. He and his men held onto the wreckage for hours, and in spite of an injured back, he was able to save his men and get them safely to the shore. They were rescued five days later. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal and also the Purple Heart for this.

3. Jack 5. ______ his career in 1946 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was only twenty- nine years old and looked very young. In 1952 he sought and won a seat in the United States Senate and became Senator Kennedy.

4. That same year he 6. ______ Jacqueline Bouvier at a dinner party arranged by mutual friends, and they 7.  ______ the next year. "Jackie" was very popular. Women tried to look like her and dress like her. The Kennedy's had two children, Caroline and John Jr. Another son, Patrick, was born prematurely but did not survive.

5. With the strong support of his family he was elected to the presidency in 1960 defeating Richard Nixon by a very narrow margin of popular votes. Kennedy 8. ______ 303 electoral votes compared to 219 for Nixon. At the age of forty-three he was the youngest man ever elected President. In his inaugural address he 9. ______ his countrymen, ''Ask not what your country can do for you- ask what you can do for your country".

6. In 1963 President and Mrs. Kennedy 10. ______ visiting in Dallas, Texas. A motorcade was transporting them through the streets when gunshots rang out, and President Kennedy was shot and killed.

Number 4 .....

A. Asarotun · Accepted Answer

Hai Mawar, kakak bantu jawab ya.

Jawaban : applied

Soal meminta untuk melengkapi kalimat nomor 4 dengan kata yang telah disediakan.

Pilihan kata yang tersedia adalah sebagai berikut.

met (bertemu) - attacked (menyerang) - were (to be) - gained (memperoleh) - was (to be) - began (memulai) - were (to be) - applied (menerapkan) - told (menceritakan) - married (menikah).

Kalimat soal adalah "After the Japanese 3. ______ Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Kennedy 4. ______ for sea duty." (Setelah Jepang 3. ______ Pearl Harbor pada 7 Desember 1941, Kennedy 4. ______ untuk tugas laut.)

Kata yang tepat untuk melengkapi kalimat tersebut adalah "applied" (menerapkan).

Kalimat lengkapnya menjadi "After the Japanese 3_____ Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Kennedy applied for sea duty." (Setelah Jepang _____ Pearl Harbor pada 7 Desember 1941, Kennedy menrapkan tugas laut.)

Jadi, jawaban yang benar adalah "applied".

Semoga membantu ya.

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