Assessment

Reading and Grammar

1. Complete the text with the simple past of the verbs in the box.
There is one extra verb.

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Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland. Young

Alexander (1) curious about the science of sound.
He (2) music and taught himself to play the piano.

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When he (3) a teenager, his mother began to lose her
hearing and that (4) him to learn more about sound.
In 1871, he (5) to Boston in the United States and (6)
his time to his inventions.
He (7) with a telegraph and (8)
different sound frequencies. He believed that it was possible
to send the human voice over wires. In 1874, he met Thomas
Watson, an electrical designer and mechanic who (9)
him with his work. In 1876 he made the first telephone.
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2. Read the text in Exercise 1 again. Answer the ques
with a complete sentence.
a. Where was Alexander Graham Bell born?

b. Who was Thomas Watson?

c. Where was Bell in 1871?

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d. Why was Bell interested in learning about soun

e. When was the first telephone invented? Writing and Speaking

Pair work. Ask a partner,
“What is your favorite
invention?”

3. Listen to the biography of Alexander Graham Bell. • My favorite invention is

Check ( ) the years you hear.
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a. 1847 1827 b. 1871 1925 • I like it because

c. 1784 1874 d. 1876 1878
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