Inventions: sentences

Worksheet: Inventions: sentences

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Answer the questions.

1. The printing press was ___ by Johannes Gutenberg.
   a) inventb) inventedc) inventingd) inventor
2. Who invented the telephone in 1876?
   a) Alexander Flemingb) Alexander Graham Bellc) Edward Jennerd) Johannes Gutenberg
3. The first smallpox vaccine was made ___ 1796.
   a) atb) inc) ond) to
4. A ___ helps our body fight a disease.
   a) microscopeb) satellitec) vaccined) wheel
5. Sputnik, the first ___, went into space in 1957.
   a) satelliteb) telephonec) vaccined) wheel
6. Life changed ___ electricity brought light to homes.
   a) althoughb) becausec) butd) so
7. A car needs an ___ to move.
   a) engineb) experimentc) inventord) patent
8. Carts move easily because of the ___.
   a) microscopeb) patentc) vaccined) wheel
9. Scientists use a ___ to see very small things.
   a) microscopeb) satellitec) telephoned) wheel
10. An inventor gets a ___ so nobody can copy the idea.
    a) engineb) experimentc) patentd) wheel
11. Scientists do an ___ to test an idea.
    a) electricityb) enginec) experimentd) inventor
12. Penicillin was ___ by Alexander Fleming in 1928.
    a) discoverb) discoveredc) discoveringd) discovers
13. The engineer ___ a new machine last year.
    a) designb) designedc) designingd) designs
14. Life changed because the ___ made evenings brighter.
    a) light bulbb) microscopec) vaccined) wheel
15. A person who makes a new thing for the first time is an ___.
    a) electricityb) enginec) experimentd) inventor
16. The telephone was a great ___ for the world.
    a) inventb) inventedc) inventingd) invention