Activity 5

Inventions that have changed the world.

After you listen, complete the sentences by dragging the option into the space.

1. If Robert Noyce hadn’t invented the microchip, we wouldn’t have had .

Well done

Pat says that the microchip lead to electronics, allowing us to know and use home computers, internet, mobile phones, etcetera.

2. If Henry Ford hadn’t invented the production line, wouldn’t have been available to ordinary people.

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Sandy says that the Model T Ford was the first mass-produced car, making cars available for everybody.

3. If we hadn’t invented the , mass tourism wouldn’t have existed.

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Barney says that the airplane was a fundamental invention because it allowed mass tourism.

4. If James Watt hadn’t invented the steam engine, the wouldn’t have taken place.

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Joseph says in the audio that James Watt invented the steam engine and this invention made the Industrial Revolution possible.

Cars

Airplane

Industrial Revolution

Electronics