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