Motorbike history began in the 19th century with designs like the "Safety Bike". The first steam-powered motorbike was created by Pierre Michaux in the 1860s. In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach designed and built the first petroleum-powered motorbike. During the 1880s, dozens of motorbike designs were built in several European countries and the United States. The Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorbike was released to the public in 1894, after which motorbikes began being manufactured worldwide.

1. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form according to the context.<br />Motorbike History<br />Motorbike history began in the second half of the 19th century, by this time motorbikes _____________ (design) as the “Safety Bike”. In the 1860’s, the first steam powered motorbike _________ (create) by Pierre Michaux, after that, this design ___________ (take) to the USA in 1866. Some years later, for being exact, in 1885, the first petroleum powered motorbike _________ (design) and ________ (build) by the German inventors Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach. During the decade of 1880’s dozens of designs and machines _________ (build) in France, Germany and England and then expanded to America.<br /> <br />By the year 1894 the Hildebrand & Wolfmüller motorbike ___________ (release) to the public. After that moment, lots of motorbikes ___________ (manufacture) all over the world. Nowadays, motorbikes ______________ (make) in countries like Japan, India, China, England etc, by companies like Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda, Ducati and so many more.<br />