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