Great Inventions Worksheet 1 - Macmillan Young Learners

1 RBAL LPOINTCSPEQEBHUBEVAAKHZR E PNLCTPHONE J LEEAERBULB I APSTLRGGBFMYHCTLF ITOIGEOORITRACTORSPCTRAF J LCSME JEDESRUBBEREAAUEYTASU I PPHOTOCOPIABLE Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012 Great Inventions Worksheet 11 Write, find and then is a mobile p h o n e .This is a tyre. This is a . This is a pen. This is a light . This is navigation. 123457682 Complete the sentences. Match them with the correct John Boyd Dunlop invented the He invented it in tyre . 2 The Wright brothers invented the first He designed it in with an Lazlo Biro invented a type of They invented it in Alexander Graham Bell made the He made it in t George Devol designed a type He invented it in r .3 Choose two Inventions and write about think the greatest Inventions are the and the because they .This is an MP3 . This is a . Name:Class:PHOTOCOPIABLE Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012 Great Inventions Worksheet 21 Write the words in the correct :Class:The Flyer ballpoint pen rubber tyre Mr Watson engine tube of airtext message wheels aeroplane inkspots fountain pen telephone2 Complete the sentences using the hours letters dangerous cycling quills travelled1 Before the invention of the rubber tyre, cycling was very uncomfortable.

2 2 Before the invention of the aeroplane, people across the Atlantic by Aeroplanes can fl y from London to New York in less than 7 .4 Before the invention of the ballpoint pen, people used and fountain pens to Before the invention of the telephone, people sent and Mobile phones can take and send text Robots do jobs that are difficult or too for Read the questions. Write the What were the first bicycle tyres made of? wood or metal2 How far was the Wright brothers first fl ight? 3 Who was the first woman to fl y across the Atlantic alone? 4 Which country was Lazlo Biro from? 5 When was the first international phone call made? 6 What nationality is the robot ASIMO? ballpoint pen215346872 Write True or False .1 Todd prefers adventure sports to reading. False2 The children go orienteering. 3 Beth gives the children a mobile phone. 4 Oliver throws the map away. 5 Amy falls in the river. 6 The mobile phone gets wet.

3 7 The children look at the stars to find the campsite. 3 Write the stay / Did / the / children / hotel / in / a / ? Did the children stay in a hotel? No, they didn riding / go / ? / horse / Did / Megan and Amy No, they didn Did / children / ? / lost / get / the Yes, they sat nav / Did / have / they / a / ? Yes, they did. 5 the / ? / campsite / children / How / did / find / the They used the stars. PHOTOCOPIABLE Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012 Great Inventions Worksheet 31 Complete the :Class:PHOTOCOPIABLE Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012 Great Inventions Worksheet 41 Find the picture. Write the page On page 20 Oliver is falling in the On page Todd is pointing to the Little Bear On page Amy, Oliver and Megan are looking at the activities they can do at the campsite. Todd is On page Beth is waiting for the children at the On page the children are looking at the Great Bear Who says what?

4 Match and nav is a Great invention , but using the stars to navigate is much more the past, didn t have satellite navigation. They looked at the sky to find their don t know what the Star or the constellations look that book down, Todd. Look at all the activities we can Go north along this . Then use the map to find your way back to the What do you think? Complete the think Lost is a very story.(funny, boring, interesting, amazing, exciting, )My favourite characters are and .My favourite moment is when .I give the story out of :Class: Great Inventions Worksheet 11 Write, then find and LPOINTCSPEQEBHUBEVAAKHZR E PNLCTPHONE J LEEAERBULB I APSTLRGGBFMYHCTLF ITOIGEOORITRACTORSPCTRA J L I CSME JEDE S RUBB EREAAUEYTASU I PAnswer Key1 phone 2 rubber 3 telescope 4 ballpoint 5 bulb 6 satellite 7 player 8 tractor2 Complete the sentences. Match them with the correct John Boyd Dunlop invented the rubber tyre. He invented it in The Wright brothers invented the first aeroplane with an engine.

5 They invented it in Lazlo Biro invented a type of ballpoint pen. He invented it in Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. He made it in George Devol designed a type of robot. He designed it in Choose two Inventions and write about s own 21 Write the words in the correct pen inkspots, fountain pen, ballpoint pen / The Flyer aeroplane, engine, The Flyer / mobile phone Mr Watson, telephone, text message / bicycle wheels, tube of air, rubber tyre2 Complete the sentences using the cycling 2 travelled 3 hours 4 quills 5 letters 6 photos 7 dangerous3 Read the questions. Write the wood or metal 2 37 metres 3 Amelia Earhart 4 Hungary 5 1926 6 JapaneseWorksheet 31 Complete the crossword. 1 forest 2 orienteering 3 constellation 4 lost 5 campsite 6 river 7 sat nav 8 map2 True or false 2 true 3 true 4 true 5 false 6 true 7 true3 Write the Did the children stay in a hotel? 4 Did they have a sat nav?

6 2 Did Megan and Amy go horse riding? 5 How did the children find the campsite?3 Did the children get lost? Worksheet 41 Find the picture. Write the page number. 1 page 20 2 page 23 3 page 16 4 page 24 5 page 262 Who says what? Match and Amy, navigate / 2d Todd, sailors / 3c Megan, North / 4b Oliver, diff erent / 5e Beth, path3 What do you think? Complete the own responses to the story. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012