III. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets into their Past form. Guess, who is
the text about?
Most people know that he (create)1 the first working light
bulb, but they don't know anything else about him. He (invent) 2___ over
1000 different things. Among his inventions are: the phonograph (record player),
the movie camera and the movie projector. He (make)3 his
electric light bulb in 1879, but there was still much work to do. No one(know)4 how to use electricity outside of laboratory . He and his
workers created a safe electric system. First they (build)5 a factory.
Then they( have)6 to build the dynamos to make the electricity.
Next they had to build electric lines. To show people that he (be)7
serious, he (begin)8 his project in New York City. By 1887, most part
of New York City was electrified.
He (live)9 until 1931. He (continue)10 to invent
all his life. He was a true genius.
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(Thomas Alva Edison)
