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