2. Read the text and decide if the following statements are true, false or not stated (5points).
Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio in the United States. He started school at the age of eight but he hated it because on his first day the teacher called him stupid. After that he stayed at home a lot of time and had lessons from his mother. He also read a lot of science books at home. He went back to school but he never liked it very much. He left school forever at the age of twelve and got a job. He began inventing things at the age of nineteen. In 1877 he invented the photograph, a sort of very early CD player! Two years later, he made the world's first clectric light bulb and New York became the first city to have electric lights.
1)Thomas Edison didn't go to school because he was ill.
2) His mother gave him lessons at home.
3) Besides science Edison was very interested in literature.
4) He was the inventor of many things which people use now.
5) He invented the photograph, when he was 30 years old.
2) True. The passage mentions that Thomas Edison had lessons from his mother at home when he didn't go to school.
3) Not stated. The passage doesn't mention anything about Thomas Edison's interest in literature, so it cannot be determined if he was interested or not.
4) True. The passage states that Thomas Edison began inventing things at the age of nineteen and invented many things, including the photograph and the electric light bulb.
5) False. The passage states that Thomas Edison invented the photograph in 1877, but it doesn't mention his age at that time. Therefore, it cannot be determined if he was 30 years old or not.