Inventions and vocabulary
To completely change something
What is a transform?
Correct this sentence: “By the time the computer launched, they tested all the software.”
What is “By the time the computer launched, they had tested all the software”?
A word that shows the first step in a series of events.
What is "first"?
The scientist who discovered penicillin.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
The invention that allowed people to communicate instantly over long distances.
What is the telephone?
To completely change the way something is done is to ______.
What is revolutionize?
Fill in: “After the Wright brothers ___ (build) their first plane, they tested it.”
What is “had built”?
What is missing in this sequence: first → then → ______ → finally
What is afterwards or after that?
The inventors of the first airplane.
Who are the Wright brothers?
The first device that could play digital music widely.
What is the iPod?
The first ____ of an idea or product is often tested before the final version.
What is prototype?
Correct: “Before social media became popular, teens use blogs.”
What is “Before social media became popular, teens had used blogs”?
Add the correct words to the sentence: “______, he drew the plan. ____, he gathered the materials.”
What is “First, he gathered the materials. Afterwards, he drew the plan”?
The co-founders of Apple who made the first personal computers widely available.
Who are Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak?
The invention that revolutionized printing and spread knowledge across Europe.
What is the printing press?
The effect or influence of a new invention on society.
What is impact?
Rewrite using past perfect: “They released the app. Then they realized it had a bug.”
What is “By the time they released the app, they had realized it had a bug”?
Fill in: “_______ the invention failed, they tried a new design.”
What is "after"?
This person invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
The year TikTok was launched
What is 2016?
The word for a major discovery in science or technology.
What is a breakthrough?
Identify the tense: “By 2005, teens had already used several social media platforms.”
What is past perfect?
Name 3 sequencing markers used in the unit.
What are first, then, finally / after that / afterwards?
A famous inventor known for more than 1,000 patents, including the lightbulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The most used social media app in the world
What is Facebook?