
3. Read the text and answer the questions.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in the USA. He started school when he was eight years old. Thomas rarely went to school. At the age of twelve, he left school and started to work at a newsagent’s. Edison began to invent things when he was nineteen. In 1879, he invented the electric bulb.
a. When was Edison born?
b. What did Edison invent in 1879?
E7.3.W1. Students will be able to write a short and simple report about past events.