For (1–6) choose T if the statement is true ACCORDING TO the text, F if it is false.

1.When Edison was a boy of sixteen, he worked as a telegraph operator.

2.At night there was always much work.

3.Edison’s signals always came at the same time at the beginning of each new hour.

4.That surprised the boss.

5.So one night he sent an inspector to see how well the boy was sleeping.

6.The first of Edison’s many inventions was never patented.

Choose the correct variant and complete the sentences.

1. When Edison was a boy of fifteen, he __ as a telegraph operator.

A. was working

B. worked

C. has worked

D. works

2. But at night there was __ much work.

A. everywhere

B. ever

C. never

D. forever

3. He waited to see what __ happen.

A. will

B. could

C. would

D. should

4. Edison’s signals always came __ the same time at the beginning of each new hour.

A. at

B. to

C. in

D. of

Read and learn the following words and word-combinations.

1. signs 2. to be fascinated 3. research 4. plague 5. differential calculi 6. the nature of white light 7. the law of gravitation 8. Fellow of the Royal Society 9. evidence 10. to persuade

1. ознаки 2. захоплюватися 3. дослідження 4. чума 5. диференціальні числення 6. оптика 7. закон усесвітнього тяжіння 8. Член Королівського Товариства 9. свідотство 10. переконати

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