Class 4 GK Worksheet: Inventions and Inventors
Remember (Who and what for?): Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell, first aeroplane – the Wright brothers, printing press – Johannes Gutenberg, raised-dot writing – Louis Braille. Smallpox vaccine – Edward Jenner, penicillin – Alexander Fleming, stethoscope – René Laennec, electric battery – Alessandro Volta, X-rays – Wilhelm Röntgen. Uses: telephone – talk far away, thermometer – body temperature, compass – directions, telescope – faraway stars, microscope – tiny germs.
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- 1.True or false: Alexander Fleming gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
- 2.What did the Wright brothers give us? (a) the printing press (b) the first aeroplane (c) penicillin (d) the electric battery
- 3.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the first aeroplane. (a) True (b) False
- 4.True or false: Alexander Graham Bell gave us the telephone. (a) True (b) False
- 5.What did Wilhelm Röntgen give us? (a) the electric battery (b) the stethoscope (c) X-rays (d) raised-dot writing
- 6.💡 Who gave us X-rays? (a) Alessandro Volta (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
- 7.🔧 Which invention helps us see tiny germs? (a) printing press (b) microscope (c) calculator (d) compass
- 8.True or false: a thermometer helps us measure body temperature. (a) False (b) True
- 9.What does a compass help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) do sums quickly (c) find directions (d) hear the heartbeat
- 10.True or false: a microscope helps us see tiny germs. (a) False (b) True
- 11.What does a telephone help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) measure body temperature (d) tell the time
- 12.🔧 Which invention helps us talk to people far away? (a) clock (b) telephone (c) thermometer (d) stethoscope
- 13.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) False (b) True
- 14.What does a stethoscope help us do? (a) talk to people far away (b) measure body temperature (c) see faraway stars (d) hear the heartbeat
- 15.💡 Who gave us the telephone? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alexander Graham Bell
- 16.What does a clock help us do? (a) hear the heartbeat (b) talk to people far away (c) do sums quickly (d) tell the time
- 17.What did Johannes Gutenberg give us? (a) penicillin (b) the printing press (c) X-rays (d) the electric battery
- 18.🔧 Which invention helps us tell the time? (a) thermometer (b) stethoscope (c) calculator (d) clock
- 19.True or false: a telephone helps us talk to people far away. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: a microscope helps us hear the heartbeat. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: a calculator helps us find directions. (a) False (b) True
- 22.💡 Who gave us the first aeroplane? (a) Johannes Gutenberg (b) Edward Jenner (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) the Wright brothers
- 23.True or false: the Wright brothers gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
- 24.💡 Who gave us the printing press? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Edward Jenner (c) Johannes Gutenberg (d) the Wright brothers
- 25.💡 Who gave us penicillin? (a) Alexander Fleming (b) Louis Braille (c) Wilhelm Röntgen (d) Alessandro Volta
- 26.🔧 Which invention helps us see faraway stars? (a) thermometer (b) telephone (c) telescope (d) stethoscope
- 27.True or false: Alessandro Volta gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: Johannes Gutenberg gave us the printing press. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the smallpox vaccine. (a) True (b) False
- 30.What does a printing press help us do? (a) measure body temperature (b) talk to people far away (c) print many books (d) do sums quickly
- 31.💡 Who gave us the electric battery? (a) Alexander Graham Bell (b) Alessandro Volta (c) the Wright brothers (d) Alexander Fleming
- 32.💡 Who gave us raised-dot writing? (a) Wilhelm Röntgen (b) Alexander Graham Bell (c) Louis Braille (d) Edward Jenner
- 33.🔧 Which invention helps us print many books? (a) microscope (b) telescope (c) stethoscope (d) printing press
- 34.💡 Who gave us the stethoscope? (a) the Wright brothers (b) René Laennec (c) Alessandro Volta (d) Wilhelm Röntgen
- 35.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us the stethoscope. (a) False (b) True
- 36.What did Louis Braille give us? (a) penicillin (b) raised-dot writing (c) the stethoscope (d) the smallpox vaccine
- 37.True or false: Edward Jenner gave us raised-dot writing. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔧 Which invention helps us find directions? (a) telephone (b) compass (c) telescope (d) clock
- 39.What did René Laennec give us? (a) the smallpox vaccine (b) the printing press (c) the telephone (d) the stethoscope
- 40.True or false: Louis Braille gave us the stethoscope. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- False
- the first aeroplane
- True
- True
- X-rays
- Wilhelm Röntgen
- microscope
- True
- find directions
- True
- talk to people far away
- telephone
- False
- hear the heartbeat
- Alexander Graham Bell
- tell the time
- the printing press
- clock
- True
- False
- False
- the Wright brothers
- False
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Alexander Fleming
- telescope
- False
- True
- True
- print many books
- Alessandro Volta
- Louis Braille
- printing press
- René Laennec
- False
- raised-dot writing
- False
- compass
- the stethoscope
- False
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