Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. When he was at school, his teacher considered him to be a slow student. Because hearing problems, Edison had difficulty in following the lessons. But with only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history. Edison's most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion picture technology.

       Edison had a special life. He married twice with five children. He loved books had excellent memory and always showed curiosity about science. Although he had hearing problems, he refused to have an operation for his deafness. He said that silence helped him concentrate. He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep every day. He used to say "Genius was I percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration". When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.

1.When was Thomas Edison born?

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2. Did he have difficulty in hearing?

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3. What was Edison's most famous invention?

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4. How long did he use to work every day?

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Ex1: Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

   Benjamin Franklin ..... was born .....  (be born) in Boston in 1706. He .................. (be) the fifteenth of the seventeen children of the poor candlemaker. He .............. (go) to school only one year. He .................. (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he ................... (decide) to be a write. He .................. (copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he .............. (become) the best known writer in his time.

   When he ............. (be) seventeen, he ............... (leave) Boston and ................ (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He ................. (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ............. (retire) from bisiness as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he .................. (spend) the next forty years for his government. He .................. (play) an important role in the founding of the USA.

   Franklin ..................... (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He .............. (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ............. (write) one of the first text books on electricity. He ........... (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He ............... (make) a study of water and .............. (discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ............... (invent)  bifocal glasses when he was seventy-eight and .............. (need) them himself.

  Franklin .................. (do) all these things and many more because he ............. (believe) he ............. (can).

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1. The 2012 Olympic Games ( be ) ................ held in LOndon

2. He ( not , go ) .................. swimming very often

3. When my bother and I ( be ) .... young , we often ( go) ........... fishing

4. Quang ( not , like ) ........... any sports , he likes ( collect ) ............. stamps

5. Pele ( win) three world cups at the age of 22

6. Thomas Edison (be ) ............ a famous America invetor

7. Nam ( become ) ...................... a famous artist for 10 years

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

Question: When and where was Edison born?

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

When and where was Edison born?

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age.

Thomas Alve Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

He worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had reminded him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.

How did Thomas Edison light up the world?