Level: 6th YEAR. PRIMARY EDUCATION
Name
Date
INVENTORS AND
DISCOVERERS
TEST
1.
Mark
COMPLETE:
Read and complete the information:
1. The
two
young
were______________________
American
Brothers
2. __________________________was a Scottish scientist.
3. This
man
was
born
was________________.
in
Bologna,
Italy.
His
4. ___________________________________discovered
radioactive elements: Polonium and Radium.
name
two
5. The inventor of the light bulb was born in Ohio. His name
was____________________.
2. LISTEN AND WRITE:
Click on the file and write what you are going to listen:
1. ____________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________
3. READ AND WRITE:
Choose the right answer:
1. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born in:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Stockholm
Tallin
Helsinki
Warsaw
2. Penicillin is:
a.
b.
c.
d.
A
A
A
A
virus
anbibiotic
bacteria
microorganism
3. If you want to protect your invention, you get:
a.
b.
c.
d.
A contract
The right
A permisson
A patent
4. The radio waves travel:
A.
B.
C.
D.
In straight lines
In semi-straight lines
following the Earth’s curve
in semi-curve lines
4. LISTEN AND WRITE:
Write the verbs in the past.
begin-
____________________________
save-
____________________________
start-
____________________________
teach- ____________________________
use-
____________________________
go-
____________________________
finish- ____________________________
earn- ____________________________
5. READ AND WRITE
Answer the questions:
1. Where was Marie Curie born?_________________________________
2. What did Wright Brothers’ father give them?_____________________
3. What did Marconi win in 1909?________________________________
4. What did Alexander Fleming discover in 1928?___________________
5. What kind of disability did Edison have?________________________
ANSWERS KEY
1. COMPLETE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Wright Brothers
Alexander Fleming
Marconi
Marie Curie
Thomas Edison
2. LISTEN AND WRITE:
1. His father was Italian and his mother was Irish.
2. One of the greatest inventors was Thomas Edison.
3. Sir Alexander Fleming was Scottish.
3. LISTEN AND WRITE:
Click on the verb you are going to listen to. Pay attention to the tense:
present or simple past.
Choose the right answer:
1. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was born in:
Stockholm
2. Penicillin is:
A anbibiotic
3. If you want to protect your invention, you get:
A patent
4. The radio waves travel:
following the Earth’s curve
4. LISTEN AND WRITE:
Write the verbs in the past.
began
saved
started
taught
used
went
finished
earned
5. READ AND WRITE
Answer the questions:
1. She was born in Warsaw, Poland
2. Wright Brothers’ father gave them a toy helicopter
3. Marconi won a Nobel Prize
4. He discovered the Penicillin
5. Edison was deaf, he couldn’t hear.