Question

fill in the blank spaces with the correct verbs in simple past tense

Prior to his death in 1888, just two years after creating what was to become the world's #1-selling
sparkling beverage, Dr. Pemberton---------(sale) portions of his business to various parties,
with the majority of the interest---------(sale) to Atlanta businessman, Asa G. Candler. Under
Mr. Candler's leadership, distribution of Coca Cola------------(expand) to soda fountains beyond
Atlanta. In 1894,------------(impress) by the growing demand for Coca Cola and the desire to
make the beverage portable, Joseph Biedenharn------------(install) bottling machinery in the
rear of his Mississippi soda fountain, becoming the first to put Coca Cola in bottles. Large scale
bottling was made possible just five years later, when in 1899, three enterprising businessmen
in Chattanooga, Tennessee----------(secure) exclusive rights to bottle and sell Coca Cola.
The three entrepreneurs-----------(purchase) the bottling rights from Asa Candler for just $1.
Benjamin Thomas, Joseph Whitehead and John Lupton-------------(develop) what-------------(become) the Coca Cola worldwide bottling system.​

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sparkling beverage, Dr. Pemberton-sold-(sale) portions of his business to various parties,

with the majority of the interest-sold -(sale) to Atlanta businessman, Asa G. Candler. Under

Mr. Candler's leadership, distribution of Coca Cola--expanded---(expand) to soda fountains beyond

Atlanta. In 1894,-----impressed-------(impress) by the growing demand for Coca Cola and the desire to

make the beverage portable, Joseph Biedenharn- installed---(install) bottling machinery in the

rear of his Mississippi soda fountain, becoming the first to put Coca Cola in bottles. Large scale

bottling was made possible just five years later, when in 1899, three enterprising businessmen

in Chattanooga,Tennessee---secured-------(secure) exclusive rights to bottle and sell Coca Cola.

The three entrepreneurs---purchased--(purchase) the bottling rights from Asa Candler for just $1.

Benjamin Thomas, Joseph Whitehead and John Lupton--developed-----------(develop) what----became------(become) the Coca Cola worldwide bottling system