Complete the following sentences with the principal part indicated in parentheses.
1. Maps are both fascinating and useful, and people have been ____________ them for centuries. (present participle of read)
2. Over the centuries, maps have ____________ from being merely simple navigational tools to being complex instruments conveying varied information. (past participle of grow)
3. Mapmakers over the centuries often have ___________ that maps are as beautiful as many paintings.
(past participle of feel)
4. Some artists even ___________ to create maplike paintings as serious works of art. (past form of begin)
5. We often hear that the world has _____________ because it is so much easier to get from one place to another these days. (past participle of shrink)
6. New and more sophisticated maps certainly __________ a part in creating this impression. (past form of play)
7. In the beginning of travel by automobile, people ___________ without much help from maps. (past form of drive)
8. Good road maps later ___________ a sense of security and independence to automobile drivers. (past form of bring)
9. Detailed road maps have _____________ right along with the building of highways. (past participle of develop)
10. Maps have ___________ travel out of the dark ages and into the modern world of transportation. (past participle of take)
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