1 Choose the correct words.
Master of the Web
Tim Berners-Lee (1) is/are a world-famous
scientist and a great inventor. But (2) are you
knowing / do you know what he invented?
Tim (3) was / is born in London on 8th
June 1955. His parents (4) was/ were both
mathematicians and computer scientists. When he
was a boy his hobby was electronics - he liked (5)
play/playing with gadgets. He went to Emanuel
School and then (6) was studying studied
physics at Oxford University from 1973-1976.
Tim (7) worked / was working at CERN, a large
scientific laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, when
he (8) was inventing / invented the World Wide
Web. He (9) built / were building the first Web
browser and server in 1990. In 1991 he (10)
created / create the first website. The first web
page address was http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/
WWW/TheProject.html, which had information
about the WWW project.
The World Wide Web (11) didn't make wasn't
making Tim rich. He gave his invention to the
world so everyone can use it for free. He now
(12) work / works at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in the USA and at the University
of Southampton in the UK. He and his family
(13) live / are living in America.
Tim (14) has / is having many awards and prizes
for his work. In 1999 Time magazine included him
in its list of the 100 most important people of the
20th century. Queen Elizabeth II (15) was giving /
gave him a knighthood in 2004, so he is now Sir
Tim Berners-Lee. He (16) is coming/came first
in a list of the top living geniuses in 2007. So next
time you look at a website, remember to thank
Tim Berners-Lee!​