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Complete the Stories with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets:
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison (1)
(be) born in 1847 in
Ohio in the United States. He (2) (start) school at the
age of eight but he (3)
Chate) it because on his
first day the teacher (4)
(call) him stupid. After
that, he (5)
(stay) at home a lot of the time and
(6)
(have) Lessons from his mother. He also
(7).
(read) a lot of science books at home. He (8)
(go) back to school sometimes but he never (9)
(like) it very much. He (10)
(leave)
school forever at the age of twelve and (11)
(get) a job with a newsagent. He (12)
(begin)
inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he (13)
(invent) the phonograph, a
sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he (14)
(make) the world's first
electric Light bulb and New York (15)
(become) the first city to have electric lights.
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
(be) one of the most
popular singers of his time. He was called 'The King of
Rock 'n' Roll' and almost thirty years after his death,
people still listen to his music.
Elvis Aaron Presley
(be bor) on 8th
January, 1935, in Mississippi, USA. He
(win) a singing contest at the age of six and played
his first guitar at the age of eleven. As a young man,
Elvis
(work) as a lorry driver before he
became a singer,
He
(have) bis first hit, "Heartbreak Hotel, in 1956. In the same year, he
(make) his first film, 'Love me Tender'. In 1958, Elvis
(join) the army and
went to Germany. There he
(meet) Priscilla Beaulieu. They
(marry) in
1967. Elvis
(become) one of the richest singers in history. During his lifetime he
(record) a large number of songs and many of them were big hits. He
(perform) his last concert on 26th June, 1977.
Sadly, Elvis
(die) a few months later on 16th August. He was only 42 years
old. 'The King' is dead, but his legend lives on!
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