B1Englishsentence practice16 questions

Inventions: sentences

Ask and answer about inventions with: … was invented by … in … / Life changed because …

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Questions

  1. The printing press was ___ by Johannes Gutenberg.

    • invent
    • invented
    • inventing
    • inventor
    Show answerinvented

  2. Who invented the telephone in 1876?

    • Alexander Fleming
    • Alexander Graham Bell
    • Edward Jenner
    • Johannes Gutenberg
    Show answerAlexander Graham Bell

  3. The first smallpox vaccine was made ___ 1796.

    • at
    • in
    • on
    • to
    Show answerin

  4. A ___ helps our body fight a disease.

    • microscope
    • satellite
    • vaccine
    • wheel
    Show answervaccine

  5. Sputnik, the first ___, went into space in 1957.

    • satellite
    • telephone
    • vaccine
    • wheel
    Show answersatellite

  6. Life changed ___ electricity brought light to homes.

    • although
    • because
    • but
    • so
    Show answerbecause

  7. A car needs an ___ to move.

    • engine
    • experiment
    • inventor
    • patent
    Show answerengine

  8. Carts move easily because of the ___.

    • microscope
    • patent
    • vaccine
    • wheel
    Show answerwheel

  9. Scientists use a ___ to see very small things.

    • microscope
    • satellite
    • telephone
    • wheel
    Show answermicroscope

  10. An inventor gets a ___ so nobody can copy the idea.

    • engine
    • experiment
    • patent
    • wheel
    Show answerpatent

  11. Scientists do an ___ to test an idea.

    • electricity
    • engine
    • experiment
    • inventor
    Show answerexperiment

  12. Penicillin was ___ by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

    • discover
    • discovered
    • discovering
    • discovers
    Show answerdiscovered

  13. The engineer ___ a new machine last year.

    • design
    • designed
    • designing
    • designs
    Show answerdesigned

  14. Life changed because the ___ made evenings brighter.

    • light bulb
    • microscope
    • vaccine
    • wheel
    Show answerlight bulb

  15. A person who makes a new thing for the first time is an ___.

    • electricity
    • engine
    • experiment
    • inventor
    Show answerinventor

  16. The telephone was a great ___ for the world.

    • invent
    • invented
    • inventing
    • invention
    Show answerinvention

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