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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