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Can you guess which of these inventions were created by women and which by men? Can you guess when they were invented?

• Inventions by women: Computer programming, Windshield wiper, Circular saw; Inventions by men: Light bulb, Telephone, Airplane

• Inventions by women: Light bulb, Telephone, Airplane; Inventions by men: Computer programming, Windshield wiper, Circular saw

• Inventions by women: Airplane, Light bulb, Circular saw; Inventions by men: Computer programming, Windshield wiper, Telephone

Match the invention with the correct inventor and year:

• Mary Anderson

• Dishwasher

• Alan Turing

• Ballpoint pen

• Josephine Cochrane

• Computer algorithm

• Marion Donovan

• Diapers

• Laszlo Biro

• Windshield wipers

Who created the first mechanical computer?

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

• Blaise Pascal

What was the first mechanical computer called?

• Analytical Engine

• Difference Engine

• Z3

• Colossus

Who designed a punch card system in 1880?

• Herman Hollerith

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• Alan Turing

A defining relative clause is a clause that:

• provides essential information about the noun it modifies.

• can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.

• is always set off by commas.

• is used to ask questions.

Match the phrases on the left with those on the right: 1. Mark is the man 2. Ms. Gonzales is the professor 3. Here is the sofa 4. This is the house 5. Christy is the dancer 6. This is the computer 7. That is the book

• Christy is the dancer

• who performed at the Swan Lake recital.

• Ms. Gonzales is the professor

• who teaches Spanish. She has many students.

• Here is the sofa

• who is the company manager. He works with the big boss.

• Mark is the man

• that I bought for our living room.

• This is the house

• where I was born.

Insert the appropriate phrase in the gaps below: 1. The old castle, ________, was demolished yesterday by the construction workers. 2. My neighbor, ________, spoke to the police about the burglary.

Read the lecture about scientific developments: Part I and Part II. We learn from the passage that the internet was the most important innovation of the past fifty years.

• True

• False

According to the lecturer, electricity was not an invention but a discovery.

• True

• False