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Here's some further information about the baby and his parents. While reading it, how about filling in the blanks with the verbs in parenthesis?
Dad reveals story behind ‘laughing baby’ viral video
The disappointment of a rejection letter quickly …………………………………(turn) to smiles for unemployed Marcus McArthur
Little Micah ………………………………………….(start) laughing when dad Marcus …………… (shred) the letter, so Marcus quickly ………………………….. (take) the videocam. Later, he ………. (upload) the 1-minute, 44-second video to YouTube
Appearing live on TODAY Friday with wife Amanda and Micah, now a big boy of 10 months, McArthur ……………………………… (tell) the anchors that he …………………………..(be) a stay-at-home dad finishing up his Ph.D. in American history at St. Louis University in Missouri while his wife ………………
(work) at the university.
Marcus and Amanda, who ………………… (be) both 33 and ……………….
(be married) for 10 years, ………………….(be) quite impressed that their video has drawn more than 9.000.000 views.
“Of course, we ……………………. (not know) so many people, what’s going on? It ……………………………. (not make) sense to me,” Marcus …………….. (say).
But the video ……………………… (become) viral stratosphere last month when TV actress Alyssa Milano …………………….. (discover) it and ……………… (post) a link to the video on her Twitter account, tweeting: “If this post ……….
(not make) you smile, check your pulse.”
And even though his dad ……………………. (still look) for work, Micah ……….. (bring) home some money at the age of 10 months: the McArthurs …………. (now market) a ring tone of their son's laughs for 99 cents. They …………………. (plan - build) a fund for his college tuition
adapted from Today.com and msnbc by Michael Inbar
