TEST DE EVALUACIN DE LA UNIDAD Discoveries and Inventions 1. Name the inventions.

2. Match the descriptions with the inventions. Draw lines to connect them. 1 This invention was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. 2 Thanks to this invention everybody can take pictures. 3 This kind of ship contributed to the explorations of the New World. 4 Thanks to this invention we can talk to people in another place. 5 We need them for our everyday life. The first ones were made of stone. 6. With this invention buildings are protected from damage 3. Complete this dialogue with questions in the past simple tense. invent do touch happen want attach travel be a the camera b the lightning rod c steam power machines d the caravel e tools. f the telephone

A: Why / you / do this experiment? ____________________________________________? B: Because I wanted to prove that lightning is a form of electricity. A: How / you / do that? ________________________________________________? B: I attached a pointed metal piece on the top of my kite and a metal key to the base of the string. A: What / happen / then? _______________________________________________? B: When lightning struck the kite, it travelled down the key and, there was a spark! A: you / touch/ the key? _________________________________________________? B: Yes, I did. And it was dangerous. Luckily, I didnt electrocute myself. A: What / you /invent/ with that? ____________________________________________? B: I invented the lighning rod, to protect buildings and ships from damage.

4. Writing Write a paragraph about Benjamin Franklins life. Youre given the facts in the present. Born: 1706 Age 15: works at his brother's printing shop Later: opens own printing office 1739: founds the first public library in Philadelphia 1748: retires from printing and starts concentrating on science, experiments and inventions. Politician. 1778: signs the Declaration of Independence from England. 1787, the US Constitution.

5. Complete with the verbs in the simple past tense. Christopher Columbus (be) _________ an experienced sailor. He (believe) _________ the Earth was round and smaller than it is, and he (want)__________to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to China and India. He (not have) __________ships or money for his voyage, and he (ask)_________ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to help him. He (cross)___________ the Atlantic Ocean and (arrive)__________ in San Salvador. Columbus (not know) ____________ he was in America, and he (call) ___________the people Indians. He (explore)____________ Cuba and Haiti and (return) ____________ to Spain.

6. Who is it? 1. I was born in Venice I travelled to exotic places 2. I was born in Britain I discovered penicillin 3. I was a British explorer. I discovered the Victoria Falls. 4. I sailed around the world and crossed the Atlantic Ocean 5. I was the first explorer who reached the South Pole 6. I reached the summit of Mount Everest. 7. I was the first woman who travelled to space. 8. I discovered the Hawaiian Islands and sailed the Pacific Ocean. a Edmund Hillary b Roal Amundsen c Captain Cook d Alexander Fleming e Marco Polo f Dr. Livingstone g F. Magellan h V. Tereskova

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Solutions: Exercise1. a. aeroplane b. magnetic compass c. (electric) bulb d. printing press e. wheel f. paper g. telephone h. fire Exercise 2. 1 This invention was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. 2 Thanks to this invention everybody can take pictures. 3 This kind of ship contributed to the explorations of the New World. 4 Thanks to this invention we can talk to people in another place. 5 We need them for our everyday life. The first ones were made of stone. 6. With this invention buildings are protected from damage c steam power machines a the camera d the caravel f the telephone e tools. b the lightning rod

Exercise 3. Questions: Why did you do this experiment? How did you do that? What happened then? Did you touch the key? What did you do with that? Exercise 4. (Suggested answers) He was born in Boston in 1706. At the age of 15, he worked at his brothers printing shop. Later, he opened his own printing office. In 1739, he founded the first public library in Philadelphia. In 1748, he retired from printing and started concentrating on science, experiments and inventions. He was a politician/He was interested in politics (as well). In 1778, he signed the Declaration of Independence from England. And in 1787, he signed the United States Constitution. Exercise 5. Christopher Columbus was an experienced sailor. He believed the Earth was round and smaller than it is, and he wanted to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to China and India. He didnt have ships or money for his voyage, and he asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to help him. He crossed the Atlantic Ocean and arrived in San Salvador. Columbus didnt know he was in America, and he called the people Indians. He explored Cuba and Haiti and returned to Spain.

Execise 6. 1. I was born in Venice I travelled to exotic places 2. I was born in Britain I discovered penicillin 3. I was a British explorer. I discovered the Victoria Falls. 4. I sailed around the world and crossed the Atlantic Ocean 5. I was the first explorer who reached the South Pole 6. I reached the summit of Mount Everest. 7. I was the first woman who travelled to space. 8. I discovered the Hawaian Islands and sailed the Pacific Ocean. e Marco Polo d Alexander Fleming f Dr. Livingstone g F. Magellan b Roal Amundsen a Edmund Hillary h V. Tereskova c Captain Cook

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