What would you not expect to find in a biography?
Information about the times the person lived in.
a story written about a real person
Information about what a person did in his or her life.
an imaginary story about the past
What do the marks on the timeline show?
the distance, in inches between the first and last event
important events
what the person looked like
the location of events
What is often the last event recorded on the timeline of the person's life?
his or her birth
the first important thing he or she did
the publishing of his or her biography
his or her death
Look at the timeline, what did Edison do in 1876?
He invented the phonograph and improved the phone.
He wrote his first book.
He saved a young boy's life.
He was in Milan,Ohio.
Look at the timeline, where was Edison born?
Cleveland,Ohio
Milan,Ohio
Detroit,Ohio
Chicago,Illinois
Which answer falls under the category,"people who tried Edison's phonograph"?
the poet Robert Browning
record player
jokes,songs and music
compact discs(CDs)
Which answer falls the category,"inventions for listening to sound"?
record player
camera
engine
telescope
Click on the answer that tells what verbs are.
Verbs are action words.
Verbs take place of adverbs.
Verbs describe nouns.
Verbs describe adjectives.
What are adverbs?
Adverbs describe person,place or things.
Adverbs describe nouns.
Adverbs describe adjectives.
Adverbs describe verbs.
Which of these words is not an adverb?
enthusiastically
bravely
never
sudden
Click on the word that correctly complete the sentence: I pushed the button on the new invention.
broom
brown
bravely
bottom
Choose the word that correctly complete the sentence: Thomas for hours.
worked
without
wheel
what
Which of these words does not have the long /i/ sound you hear in light and sky?
slowly
fight
might
cry
Which of these word does not have the long /o/ sound you hear in snow and toe?
grow
foe
now
slow
Add this prefix, pre-, to one of these words to make a new word. Only one is correct.
know
too
school
shy
Add this prefix,non-,to one of these words to make a new word. Only one is correct.
study
move
fat
point
When you read that Edison fell asleep at his desk, what did you learn about him?
He was lazy.
He was a hard worker.
He had no place else to sleep.
He was unable to concentrate.
Why was the phonograph an important invention?
It was Edison's first invention.
It was better than earlier sound recorders.
It replaced cassette tapes.
Sound had never before been recorded.
What is the main idea on this page?
The phonograph became a popular attraction.
The phonograph cost only a penny to see and hear.
People in the country refused to visit phonograph parlors.
No one believed the phonograph existed.
Choose the word that correctly complete the sentence: Thomas Edison worked hard.
always
all
awful
are