Test "Inventors and Inventions. Using Passive Voice" V1.

Name ________________________________ Date_____________

Use the information to make questions Where ...?  When ...?  Who ...? Answer the questions.

V1  Example:

1. Paper

The Chinese during the Han Dynasty

206 BC-220 AD

Where was paper invented? – Paper was invented in China.

When was paper invented? - Paper was invented in 206 BC-220 AD.

Who invented the paper? - Paper was invented by the Chinese.

2. The Printing Press.  German, Johannes Gutenburg; 1450

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3. The first U.S. patent for the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell; 1876

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4. The sewing machine. Barthelemy Thimonnier. 1830; France

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5. Charles Babbage (1791–1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer. Created first mechanical computer, which proved to be the prototype for future computers. Considered to be the ‘Father of Computers’.

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