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2.13 Choose the correct form of
the verbs in the texts below. Then listen
and check.
George Stephenson 'designed
and built / was designed and
built the Rocket steam train in
1829. There was a race between
the Rocket and another engine
to be chosen for a new railway
line. The race watched / was
watched by 15,000 people
and the Rocket won. The UK's
first electric railway completed
/ was completed in 1883,
and steam trains gradually
renlaced / were gradually​