Question

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Read the text about the inventor of the telephone. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.
Alexander Graham Bell ____ (be) born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother ____ (be) deaf, so all his life he ___ (want) to help his mother hear and speak. Alexander was very clever. He ___ (can) read and write when he was very young, and he ___ (finish) school when he was 14. At 14 he also ___ (invent) a “speaking” machine with his brother.
He ____ (study) other inventions, too. One day he ___ (make) a mistake, because he ____ (can not) read German well. But his mistake ____ (help) him to invent the telephone later!
In 1871 he ____ (leave) Scotland and ____ (go) to Boston, USA to teach deaf children to speak. He ____ (meet) his assistant Thomas Watson and he ____ (continue) his experiments.
On 10 March, 1876, Watson and Bell ___ (be) in different rooms with their machines. Then Watson ___ (hear) Bell’s voice from the machine. So, Alexander Graham Bell ____ (become) the inventor of the telephone at the age of 29. Two years later, there were telephones all over the USA.

Answer 1

Ответ:

1)was

2)was

3)wanted

4)could

5)finished

6)invented

7)studied

8)made

9)couldn't

10)helped

11)left

12)went

13)met

14)continued

15)were

16)heard

17)became

Answer 2

Ответ:

was,

was,

wanted,

could,

finished,

invented,

studied,

made,

couldn't,

helped,

left,

went,

met,

continued,

were,

heard,

became