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Leonardo Da Vinci was 1.
an
Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist. He was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt 2.
to do
(do) many different things. He was good at 3.
working
(work) out problems. He learnt from his uncle Francesco that one should ask questions and look 4.
for
answers. He painted lots of famous 5.
paintings
(paint). The Mona Lisa is one of 6.
the most famous
(famous) paintings in the world. He also had many 7.
inventions
(invent).
Da Vinci was so great because of his curiosity. He never lost his wish to learn new things and loved 8.
studying
(study) things. He would have more questions and 9.
greater
(great) interest when he studied something. He was so interested in learning that he read and studied every book he could find. He wrote down thousands of notes 10.
when/while/as
he read. How hard-working he was!