Question

Zad1.) Complete 1-10 with the correct form of the verb in brackets (past simple active or passive)
Have you ever heard of the clockwork radio?
No need for batteries or electricity- you just turn a handle to get power! It 1.)……………..(invent)
By Trevor Baylis in 1994. He started working on it when he 2.)………..(hear) that people in parts of Africa couldn’t get information about Aids from the radio because the 3.)…………(not have)
Electricity. He worked on his invention for three months and then tried to get companies to help him develop it, but his idea 4.)……………(not accept) by them and he nearly 5.)………………(give up).
But he 6.)…………….(encourage) by the ABC and in 1993 a programme about Trevor and his invent on 7.)………………..(broadcast). After that, people 8.)……………….(ring) him with ideas and money. He started work again but he 9.)……………….(have) problems making He radio sound loud enough. After a year of hard work he solved the problem and the first radio 10.)…………(produce)
By a factory in south Africa in 1995. Now clockwork radios are sold all over the world.

Answer 1

1) invented

2) heard

3) didn't have

4) Didn't accept

5) gave up

6) encouraged

7) broadcasted

8) rang

9) had

10) produced