Directions:
Read the sentences about Marconi and the invention of the radio and type in the gerund or the infinitive of the given verb.
Gerund:
I enjoy
dancing
. (dance)
Infinitive:
I want
to dance
.(dance)
1.
Marconi always wanted
something special. He invented the telegraph when he was 20. (do)
2.
He studied at home as a young child, where he learned
alone. (work)
3.
He also learned
his own judgement. (trust)
4.
Marconi enjoyed
at home.(study)
5.
He beleived it helped him
an inventor. (become)
6.
Marconi had a tutor who encouraged Marconi
him all the time.(question)
7.
He first started the wireless telegraph in the late 1800s and spent two years
on it before he showed anyone. (work)
8.
It was difficult for him to get money for the project, because the Italian government had difficulty
the importance of the work. (understand)
9.
The British promised
his project. (fund)
10.
Marconi was able to send a Morse code message and succeeded in
to the world that wireless telegraphy had a future. (prove)
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