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Theodore Roosevelt: Energetic
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Hear the past perfect and relative clauses.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- historian
- A person who studies history.
- define
- To show clearly what something is.
- official
- A person with an important job in an organisation.
Answer key
- Historians note that Roosevelt’s term in office marks the beginning of the modern presidency.“Note that” introduces what historians say. A “term in office” is the time someone holds a job.
- His mother was from a Southern planter family that owned slaves.A planter owned a large farm called a plantation.
- Roosevelt had married Alice Hathaway Lee, who soon became pregnant.“Had married” is the past perfect.
- The experience helped define Roosevelt’s life and beliefs.“Helped define” means helped show what something is.
- But some of the party officials were not happy with Roosevelt.“Some of the” means a part of a group.