Inventions and inventors — GK worksheet

Remember

Who and what for? — “match the invention with its inventor and with what it helps us do”

1. Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, first aeroplane – the Wright brothers, printing press – Johannes Gutenberg, raised-dot writing – Louis Braille.
2. Smallpox vaccine – Edward Jenner, penicillin – Alexander Fleming, stethoscope – René Laennec, electric battery – Alessandro Volta, X-rays – Wilhelm Röntgen.
3. Uses: telephone – talk far away, thermometer – body temperature, compass – directions, telescope – faraway stars, microscope – tiny germs.

Use it for: Class 4 GK and science lessons, science fairs and “how things work” projects.

Worked example: 💡 Who gave us the telephone? → Alexander Graham Bell

✏️ Practice

Read the question, think about what you know, then tap your answer. Stuck? Press “Show me how”.

🏁 Lesson 21 test

20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.

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🖨️ Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors

• Worksheet set 1 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 2 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 3 (PDF)