Nikola Tesla Listening comprehension

1 You are going to hear a text about Nikola Tesla. First, read the sentences below. Then listen and choose true or false. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th 1856. True False He once attempted to generate electricity by rubbing two dogs together. True False Tesla arrived in the United States on July 6th, 1884. True False Thomas Edison hired him. True False He partnered with George Westinghouse in 1898. True False Tesla's alternating current (AC) could go for hundreds of miles. True False 2 You are going to hear the text about Nikola Tesla again. First, read the sentences below. Then listen and choose the correct answer, a, b or c. Nikola Tesla was born in the territory of modern day Croatia to his two Serbian parents. modern day Serbia to his two Croatian parents. modern day Croatia to his two Slovenian parents He was hired by Thomas Edison to do basic engineer basic mechanical engineering basic electrical engineering Edison offered Tesla $50,000, or about $2.1 million in today's currency $1.1 million in today's currency $1.2 million in today's currency Edison payed out the money. didn't pay out the money. payed part of the money. Lights running on alternating current were darker lights. yellow lights. brighter lights. Tesla died on January 7th 1943. on January 17th 1943. on January 6th 1943. 3 Complete the sentences. 1 Nikola Tesla was an electrical engineer.2 He immigratedto the USA in 1884 in order to work for Thomas Edison.3 Tesla became famous for developing alternating current(AC).4 He died all alone in a hotel in New York. 4 Nikola Tesla had over 700 patents. Write 4 of his patents.