V. Read the passage and do the exercises that follow :
Edison’s first great interest was chemistry and he read all he could find about it. He was only ten when he began to grow and sell vegetables so that he could have money to buy chemicals for making experiments. When he was fifteen, he got a job selling magazines and fruit on a train and began printing a weekly newspaper on the printing press set up in the luggage van. But one day, one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van.He was put off the train and lost the job.
*Make up questions and answer them.
1/ What / Edison / greatly interested ?
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2/ How / he / earn money?
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3/ Why / he / need money?
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4/ What / he / do / a train / fifteen.
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5/ Why / he / lose / job ?
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1 What was Edison greatly interested in?
He was interested in studying chemistry
2 How could he earn money?
He grew and sell vegetables to earn money
3 Why did he need money?
He need money to buy chemicals for making experiments
4 What did he do on a train when he was fiffteen?
He got a job selling magazines and fruit
5 Why did he lose his job?
Because one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van
