Question

7 Choose the correct words.
Mobile phones are a relatively new invention
Before mobiles, there (1) was / were two-way
radios in taxis, police cars and ambulances,
but users (2) can't / couldn't connect to
the phone network. In 1910, Lars Ericsson
(3) installed / was installing a phone in his car.
He (4) stopped / was stopping at different places
while he (5) travelled / was travelling across the
country. Then he (6) connected / was connecting
his phone to the national telephone network
with long wires. The first real mobile phone
system (7) started / was starting in 1956 in
Sweden. Today, people (8) use / are using mobile
phones every day.​

Answer 1

1. Were
2. Couldn’t
3. Installed
4. Stopped
5. Was travelling
6. Connected
7. Started
8. Use