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Gap fills exercise

September 18, 2015 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Edison always …………….. to make things that would improve the lives of people.

Correct! Wrong!

2. One day while selling newspapers at a railway station, Edison …………….. the life of a child.

Correct! Wrong!

3. That child ………………. the son of a station official.

Correct! Wrong!

4. To express his gratitude, the child’s father …………….. Edison how to use the telegraph.

Correct! Wrong!

5. When Edison was sixteen, he …………….. to Canada to be a telegraph assistant.

Correct! Wrong!

6. His first invention was an automatic telegraph that made it possible for him to send signals while he ........................

Correct! Wrong!

7. The telegraph always ……………… Edison.

Correct! Wrong!

8. A few years later, he ………………. his first job to be a full time inventor.

Correct! Wrong!

9. His first attempts at selling his products were not successful, but he ....................... give up.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Edison always wanted to make things that would improve the lives of people.

2. One day while selling newspapers at a railway station, Edison saved the life of a child.

3. He was the son of a station official.

4. To express his gratitude, the child’s father taught Edison how to use the telegraph.

5. When Edison was sixteen, he moved to Canada to be a telegraph assistant.

6. His first invention was an automatic telegraph that made it possible for him to send signals while he was sleeping.

7. The telegraph always fascinated Edison.

8. A few years later, he quit his first job to be a full time inventor.

9. His first attempts at selling his products were not successful, but he did not give up.

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