READING
Match the invention to its inventor.
LEAD-IN
INVENTIONS
UNIT 17
| Telephone | Morse Code | Hot-air balloon | Automobile | Airplane | Diesel engine | Helicopter |
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| a | b | c | d | e | f | g |
| Igor Sikorsky | Rudolf Diesel | Montgolfier brothers | Wright brothers | Karl Benz | Samuel Morse | Alexander Graham Bell |
2. What do you think are the most outstanding inventions in human history? Why are they important?
3. Read the text and put the inventions in the chronological order:
- invention of writing;
- the use of fossil fuels as sources of energy, the improvement of metallurgical processes, the development of electricity and electronics, the invention of the internal-combustion engine, and the use of metal and cement in construction work;
- inventive use of stone and metal implements;
- invention of movable type;
- inventive use of metal implements.