I. Read this passage and answer the questions.
Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand inventions including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world’s first industrial research laboratory.
Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up asmall laboratory after he had read a science book his mother showed him. I. 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing . He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and “big trick” every six months. He developed many devices that brought great benefits to people’s life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having areremarkably productive life.
Questions
1.Who was Thomas Edison?……………………………………………….
2.When and where was he born?…………………………………………….
3.What did he invent?……………………………………….……………
4.Did he build a new laboratory in 1876?…………………………………………….
5.When did he die?………………………………………………………….
I. Read this passage and answer the questions. Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one t
By Abigail
1. Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world.
2. He was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA.
3. He invented the electric light bulb.
4. Yes, he did.
5. He died in1931.
1.Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world
2. he was born in 1847 in ohio, usa
3.he invented the electric light bulb and the record player
4.yes, he did
5.he died in 1931