Answer Key

Are the following sentences correct?

1.   Lennat stayed in Chicago all his life.That is incorrect. Correct is: He moved out.

2.   Everybody knows his address.That is incorrect. Correct is: Nobody knows it.

3.   In the mid 80s, Dial One had financial problems.That is incorrect. Correct is: Just the competition on the market was hard.

4.   "Incredible $99.000.000" means it was a very good price.That is correct.

5.   Lennat's parents didn't have much money.That is correct.

6.   James Lennat bought the company Dial One in 1981.That is incorrect. Correct is: He founded the company.

7.   Lennat didn't want to work in the same business after he sold Dial One.That is correct.

8.   His first employee was paid $100 a month.That is incorrect. Correct is: He had $100 in his pocket when he started the business.

9.   In 1982 he employed 5 new people.That is correct.

10.   He paid a lot of money for university.That is incorrect. Correct is: He won scholarship.