worksheet №2 b read the text. put the verbs in brackets into their past form. guess, who is the text about? he was born in edinburgh, scotland, in 1847. his father (be) a world-famous inventor of “visible speech”, which (help) deaf people to pronounce words they could not hear. between 1868 and 1870 he (work) with his father and (study) speech and (teach) deaf children in edinburgh. in 1866 he (start) thinking about sending tones by telegraph, and it was then that there (come) to his mind the idea of the “harmonic telegraph”, which would send musical tones electrically from one place to another. he (become) interested in the mechanical production of a sound. in this way, sound (can) be carried across wires at the speed of light. in 1876 he was able to develop the telephone, which enables people to talk to each other over long distances. in 1915 the first transcontinental telephone was opened. he (die) on august 2, 1922.

1. was

2. helped

3. worked

4. studied

5. taught

6. started

7. came

8 could

9. died

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I found some sweets (the sweets), but I didn't find any biscuits/cookies.

The baby boy drank the juice, but he didn't drink the milk.

The great-grandmother fed the geese, but she didn't feed the ducks.

Mary wrote the test, but she didn't write the report.

The boys drew a head, but they didn't draw any hair.

Mum brought some meat, but she didn't bring any potatoes.

They built a modern kindergarten, but they didn't build a playground.

He bought a cotton shirt, but he didn't buy woolen trousers.

We caught a lot of fish, but we didn't catch any crabs.

I found candy, but I didn't find cookies.

The baby drank the juice, but did not drink the milk.

My great-grandmother fed the geese, but she didn't feed the ducks.

Mary wrote the test, but she didn't write the report.

The boys drew the head, but they didn't draw the hair.

Mom brought the meat, but she didn't bring the potatoes.

They built a modern kindergarten, but they didn't build a Playground.

He bought a cotton shirt, but he didn't buy wool trousers.

We caught a lot of fish, but we didn't catch any crabs.

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