4. Complete the text. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
The History of TV.
The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird (1) ... (invent) television in the 1920s, but its practical development (2) ... (not start) until 1930s when the Russian engineer Vladimir Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes. In the beginning, most people (3) ... (not have) a television at home. In 1969, a lot of families (4) ... (buy) TVs because they (5) ... (want) to watch the astronauts on the Moon. Colour television also (6) ... (begin) at this time. In the past, only three channels (7) ... (exist) — and all the programmes (8) ... (finish) at bedtime!
4. Complete the text. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
The History of TV.
The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird (1) ... (invent) television in the 1920s, but its practical development (2) ... (not start) until 1930s when the Russian engineer Vladimir Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes. In the beginning, most people (3) ... (not have) a television at home. In 1969, a lot of families (4) ... (buy) TVs because they (5) ... (want) to watch the astronauts on the Moon.
Colour television also (6) ... (begin) at this time. In the past, only three channels (7) ... (exist) — and all the programmes (8) ... (finish) at bedtime!
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