2. Who invented what?

 
20TH CENTURY INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES
Look at these pics1 that show inventions and discoveries from the 20th century. Choose from the grid below the moment in the past when they were invented or discovered and the person who invented or discovered them.

 

Wright brothers airplane
Imagen de Ken Lund en Flickr. Licencia CC
Henry Ford Model T
Imagen de Greg Goebel en Flickr. Licencia CC 
PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2

 penicillin
Imagen de Matt Brown en Flickr. Licencia CC
PICTURE 3
Woz and Jobs
Imagen de JD Lasica en Flickr. Licencia CC		 The Internet
 Imagen de mikael altemark en
Flickr. Licencia CC
PICTURE 4 PICTURE 5

 1 "pics" is a short word for "pictures" which people commonly use in colloquial contexts.

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Read and complete with the missing information about 20th century inventions and discoveries.

1. Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the   in   . The invention of the   helped make the world smaller for people. Suddenly, a person could fly anywhere in a matter of hours.

2. Although it was developed in the previous century, the automobile appeared as a reliable and
practical source of transportation in the 20th century.   introduced his Model T in   and the automobile turned out affordable for average people.

3. When Alexander Fleming discovered   in   , dying from a bacterial infection resulted almost impossible. Antibiotics reduced death rate considerably.

4. When Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, in their early twenties, created their first Apple  on April 1st,   and founded their first computer company, they changed the world. Today, computers are everywhere and people can hardly imagine life without them.

5. Leonard Kleinrock first developed the idea of the   in a paper that he published on May 31st,  . A year later, J.C.R. Likelier, provided his vision of a "galactic network". Finally, Robert Taylor helped create the idea of a network that he called ARPANET.

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Pregunta

  • For each of the following answers, choose the correct question. The question is about the item in bold in each answer.

 

  1. Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908.

Respuestas

Who did introduce the Model T in 1908?

Who introduced the Model T in 1908?

Who introduce the Model T in 1908?

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    2. The Wright brothers invented the plane in 1905.

 

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What did the Wright Brothers invent in 1905?

What did the Wright brothers invented in 1905?

What invented the Wright brothers in 1905?

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    3. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs created the first Apple computer when they were in their twenties.

 

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Who created the first Apple computer?

Who create the first Apple computer?

Who did create the first Apple computer?

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