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WorksheetsDestination B1 - Unit 18 - Inventions & Discoveries
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 19mins
What are these?
(a)
They are doing the (a)
What are these?
(a)
What are these?
(a)
They are in a (a)
What is this?
(a)
What is this?
(a)
It's not a/an (a) watch. It's got hands.
If you play this stereo on ................. Volume, you'll go deaf!
(a)
It's not a/an .............. experiment. In fact, it's really simple.
(a)
Are leather chairs more comfortable than (a) ones?
There aren't any windows in the lab, so all the light is (a)
Was it a/an. (a) ... decision, or had you thought about it for a long time?
The lights are (a) – they come on when you enter the room, and go off when you leave.
Each person's fingerprints are ................ No two people have the same fingerprints.
(a)
The (a) number of patients necessary to test the new drug is 50. Any less than that and the scientists won't know if it works properly or not.
I can't remember the (a) ..... year it was discovered, but it was around 1976.
Do you know who .............the planet Mars?
invented
discovered
The number of people dying of malaria has ......... enormously over the last
100 years.
run
decreased
You need at least three people to ............. this machine safely.
operate
estimate
Modern .......... makes all our lives easier.
technology
equipment
We've done a lot of ............... into why people are scared of spiders.
research
experiment
I'm using a computer ....................... that translates from English into Greek.
research
program
This drug seems to have no ........... on humans at all
effect
lack
The experiment just ........... answering a few questions.
involves
operates
Could you ........... how many times a week you eat cheese?
program
estimate
Do you think anyone will ever ................... a time machine?
invent
discover
Professor Reinhart ............. the computer lab with her three assistants.
decreases
runs
There's ............ of phones in this office. We need some more!
a lack
an effect
..................... across this book about the moon in the library. It's really interesting!
went
found
came
looked
Jenny pulled ............. .. the handle so we
can't open the cupboard now.
off
away
in
over
I'd like to find .................. more about being a computer programmer.
across
up
off
out
Dean was late for physics so he .........up a story about being attacked by a cat!
took
wrote
created
made
....... ..... the TV off. This show is boring.
Put
Set
Turn
Make
I'm going to throw these old shoes ............... I never wear them anymore
off
away
down
back
I turned .. ... the tap but no water came out.
over
up
round
on
These toilets have been out of .... ...... for a week now. When are they going to fix them?
chance
order
end
future
In my .......... ... , humans will never live on other planets.
opinion
last
and
chance
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by ........... He didn't expect to find it at all
end
future
chance
last
I wonder what new technology will be invented in the ........
last
opinion
future
order
Helen couldn't get the experiment to work for ages, but in the ............. ............ it was fine.
order
end
opinion
last
It's so nice to have my own computer at ...
end
last
future
order
Mr Thomas was a teacher at our school. He'd trained as a (1) (a) (history) and usually taught history
He definitely wasn't a (2) .... ............... (science), but for some strange reason he taught us (3) ......................................... (chemist) for a term.
(a)
His lessons were always (4) ...... ............(fascinate), but that was mainly because his experiments always went wrong!
(a)
If he was supposed to use (5) ........ ...................(boil) water for an experiment, Mr Thomas would use cold water by mistake.
(a)
Once, he was measuring the (6) (a) (long) of some pieces of sodium.
I can't remember exactly why he needed this (7) .................. (measure) , but I think he wanted all the pieces to react (8)
............(identical).
(a)
As he picked up the ruler, his arm knocked over a jug of water and the sodium caught fire. He almost burnt the lab down and they had to call the fire brigade. I think after that Mr Thomas came to the
(9)....................(conclude) that he should stick to history!
(a)
I learnt a lot from him, though. Whenever there was a question in a science (10) (a) (examine) about what happens when sodium reacts with water, I always got the answer right!
This program is very different..... ... the one you're using at the moment.
from
with
of
Let's begin the lesson ...................... a short test on the names of the different parts of an insect.
from
with
of
Disconnect your PC ........... the power supply before you take the case off.
from
with
of
There are a number ................ different ways of doing this experiment.
from
with
of
How many types . .... building can you think of?
from
with
of
What were your reasons................. choosing to do biology at university?
from
with
for
