"The Inventor's Secret" Vocabulary Test

Which of these words is an example of a "locomotive"?

• Truck

• Bicycle

• Train

• Four wheeler

A locomotive is an engine that makes something move _________________.

• Forward

• Backwards

• Quickly

• Forward and backwards

Phonographs play ___________________.

• Movies

• Holographs

• Pictures

• Sounds

In 2019, we use __________________ instead of phonographs.

• Refrigerators

• Keyboards

• Cameras

• Radios

Which of the following is the least incandescent?

• Sun

• Glow stick

• Light bulb

• Fire

Which word fits best in the blank:

I am afraid of the dark, so I like to sleep with something _______________________.

• cylinder

• incandescent

• gadget

• phonograph

Which of the following is supposed to chug?

• Train

• Car

• Airplane

• Motorcycle

Which word fits best in the blank:

The old, rusty car ______________ along the road before finally breaking down.

• flopped

• chugged

• gadget

• patented

Which two words are most closely connected?

• Locomotive and cylinder

• Gadgets and flop

• Phonograph and incandescent

• Chugged and sputtered

What might cause a car to sputter as it drives?

• It needs a car wash

• It is brand new

• It is having engine problems

• The radio is broken