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Word Power
dumb: dull and stupid invention: creating something new
enjoyable: giving pleasure or happiness labour: hard work
laboratory: a place where experiments are genius: with a sharp mind, very intelligent
done
experiment: a test done in order to learn or
telegraph: a machine used to send and discover something
receive messages
Listening Skills
Listen to the text carefully as your teacher reads it out. Then say whether the
statements given below are true or false.
1. The lesson is about Thomas Alva Edison. ____________
2. Edison went to school only three months of his life. ____________
3. Edison spent most of his time with his friends. ____________
4. Edison saved the life of a railway officer. ____________
5. Edison is called the inventor of inventors. ____________
Comprehension Skills
A. Tick () the correct answer.
1. Edison was taught by his ___________.
teacher mother father
2. Edison developed interest in ___________.
science maths English
3. The telegraph is used to ___________.
record sounds make films
send and receive messages
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