Comprehension check

Read the text about Guglielmo Marconi and tick the correct option.
1)Guglielmo Marconi was the first who

2)As a boy he liked to spend his free time

3)He received higher education

4)He was granted his first patent for

5)A lot of people didn’t think he was a great scientist because

6)During his life Marconi considered himself to be

7)Guglielmo Marconi became a “radio star” because

8)His most outstanding achievements belonged to the sphere of

    
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Write no more than THREE WORDS and/or a number for each question.
a)Where was Guglielmo Marconi born?
b)When was he born?
c)What sciences was he interested in as a boy?
d)What famous physicists influenced his experiments?
e)What was his first patented invention?
f)What was his most famous award?
    
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Put the following events in the correct order and write the dates from the text (years only) next to each event.
the opening of the first transatlantic commercial service between Canada and Ireland
established wireless communication between France and England
first microwave radiotelephone link
began experimenting
famous "777" patent (a system for tuned coupled circuits)
Nobel Prize for Physics
was born
transmitted the first signal across the Atlantic
first patent for a system of wireless telegraphy
the opening of the first beam station
established his own company
demonstration of the radar principles
 
    
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