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GW. Read the passages and put them in correct order.

a) 1802 A French engineer tells Napoleon about his idea. He wants to build a tunnel under the sea and link France and England. Napoleon doesn’t like the idea. He wants to fight with England. | b) 1987 They start work. A British team begins drilling in England and a French team in France. Fifteen thousand workers build the tunnel. The biggest problem for builders is to meet under the sea. | f) 1860 A French engineer, Thomas de Gamond and a British engineer, Sir John Hawkshaw make plans for the tunnel.
d) 1980 The project starts again. A private company gives money for it. The project costs ten billion pounds. | g) 1994 The British and the French builders shake hands under the sea. The tunnel is ready. | h) 1975 The government of France and England close the project. They don’t have any money for it.
c) 1880 Digging begins. A two - kilometre tunnel is ready, but work stops. The First World War begins. | e) 1960 The British and the French governments start a new tunnel project. |

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PW. Change the verbs in the passages above into the Past Simple putting the parts in right order.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8