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