Question

Q7. Change the highlighted verbs given in the bracket into their past tense forms.
In 1861, Johann Philipp Reis spoke (speak) into his telephone the following words,
"the horse does not eat cucumber salad'. He
(choose) this
interesting sentence because he
(want) each word to be
separately
(understand) by the listener without guessing the
meaning of the entire sentence. His telephonic device
(can)
convert sounds into an electrical current and reproduce them in another place.
However, his idea
(be) much ahead of his time and none
(take) it seriously. More than 10 years after Reis
(invent) his device, a man called Alexander Graham
Bell
(build) an electromagnetic telephone in Boston, in
1872.He
(discover)
a
device that
(can) transmit speech over a longer distance. His work with
deaf people
(inspire) him to investigate the physical
creation of sound. On 10th March 1876, Bell
(present)
his box telephone to the public on a test line of around eight kilometers,​

Answer 1

Answer:

chose

wanted

understood

could

was

took

invented

built

discovered

could

inspired

presented

Answer 2

Speak-Spoke
Choose-Chose
Want-Wanted
Understand-Understood
Can-Could
Be-Been
Take-Took
Invent- Invented
Build-Built
Discover-Discovered
Can-Could
Inspire-Inspired
Present-Presented