Sunday 4 March 2007

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is the chairman of Microsoft. Microsoft is the biggest software company in the world. It is the leader in the software business. Bill Gates was born in 1955. He has two sisters. He grew up in Seattle. Seattle is a city in America. His father was a lawyer. Bill Gates went to a small primary school. He did not go to a private school when he was in primary school. Then he went to a well-known high school. There he started to learn about computers. He loved programming.

At the age of 13 he started programming computers. He was very smart when he was young. In 1973 Bill Gates went to a very good university in America. It is called Harvard University. He studied programming. He developed a new programming language which he called BASIC. In 1975 he started a computer software company from his garage at home with a friend of his called Paul Allen. Bill Gates did not finish his university study. He was too busy working in his new computer software company. He called this company Microsoft.

Microsoft was a big success in the computer world. In the first year, they made 5 million dollars profit. In the second year, they made 100 million dollars from the sale of his operating system which he called Windows. Now he has nearly 50 billion dollars. Bill Gates is a very charitable man. He gives money to the poor. He spends money to help poor people in Africa get good education. He spends money to help control malaria. Malaria is a deadly disease that kills thousands of people every day especially in Africa.

Bill Gates is married to Melinda. He and his wife set up an organisation to help poor countries. They give computers to schools. They give money to governments to help them find jobs for the people.

Can you find some mistakes here?
Bill Gates is the chairman of Microsoft. Microsoft is the smallest software company in the world. It is the leader in the software business. Bill Gates was born in 1965. He has two sisters. He grew up in Seattle. Seattle is a state in America. His father was a lawyer. Bill Gates went to a small primary school. He did not go to a private school when he was in primary school. Then he went to a well-known high school. There he started to teach computers. He loved programming. At the age of 13 he started programming computers.


He was very smart when he was young. In 1973 Bill Gates went to a very small university in America. It is called Harvard University. He studied programming. He developed a new programming language which he called BASIC. In 1975 he started a computer software company from his garage at work with a friend of his called Paul Allen. Bill Gates did not finish his university study. He was too busy working in his new computer software company. He called this company Microsoft.

Microsoft was a big success in the computer world. In the last year, they made 5 million dollars profit. In the second year, they made 100 million dollars from the sale of his operating system which he called Windows. Now he has nearly 60 billion dollars. Bill Gates is a very charitable man. He gives money to the poor. He spends money to help poor people in Alaska get good education. He spends money to help control malaria. Malaria is a deadly food that kills thousands of people every day especially in Africa.

Bill Gates is married to Melinda. He and his wife set up an organisation to help poor countries. They give computers to schools. They give money to governments to help them find jobs for those people.

Can you find some mistakes in the text?

Bill Gates is the chairman of Microsoft. Microsoft is the biggest software company in Australia. It is the leader in the software business. Bill Gates was born in 1955. He has two sisters. He grew up in Seattle. Seattle is a city in America. His father was a lawyer. Bill Gates went to a small primary school. He did not go to a private school when he was in primary school. Then he went to a well-known high school. There he started to learn about computers. He loved programming.


At the age of 13 he started programming computers. He was very smart when he was old. In 1973 Bill Gates went to a very good university in America. It is called Harvard University. He studied programming. He developed a new programming language which he called BASIC. In 1975 he started a computer software shop from his garage at home with a friend of his called Paul Allen. Bill Gates did not finish his university study. He was too busy working in his new computer software company. He called this company Microsoft.

Microsoft was a big success in the computer world. In the first year, they made 5 million dollars profit. In the second year, they made 100 million dollars from the sale of his operating system which he called Windows. Now he has nearly 50 million dollars. Bill Gates is a very charitable man. He gives money to the poor. He spends money to help poor people in Africa get good education. He spends money to help spread malaria. Malaria is a deadly disease that kills thousands of people every day especially in Africa.

Bill Gates is married to Melinda. He and his wife set up an organisation to help poor countries. They sell computers to schools. They give money to governments to help them find jobs for those people.