Tesla Answers

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online listening practice with stories about Nikola Tesla
Learn English with listening lessons about Tesla

True or false

Read the sentences. Choose the correct answer.

  1. F (he moved to America in 1884)
  2. T
  3. F (he unvented AC electricity)
  4. F (he imagined the idea of a mobile phone)
  5. T

Synonym match

MATCH THE WORD OR PHRASE ON THE LEFT WITH THE CORRECT SYNONYM.

1. intelligent – c. brilliant
2. imagine – a. dream up
3. cheap – b. economical
4. habits – e. manners
5. leave – d. quit




ESL listening activity: anagrams

MOVE THE LETTERS. MAKE A WORD FROM THE ESL LISTENING STORY.

  1. NIRVOETN – inventor
  2. OYMPCNA – company
  3. RMMEREEB – remember
  4. NAMDGIIE – imagined
  5. NCSTIETIS – scientist
  6. CTIIRELYCET – electricity

Writing practice

Write the sentences. Put the words in the correct order.

  1. Tesla’s life shows us that it’s good to be intelligent.
  2. Sometimes he imagined things that were not possible.
  3. He did not like to shake hands with people and he loved number 3.
  4. AC was better because it moves long distances without losing much power.
  5. He could read a book and remember everything in it.

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