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