Unit 6

Name:
1. Look at the pictures and write sentences.

1. Emmas Great Grandmother lived in a small village.

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1. Emma lives in a modern city.
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Unit 6
Name:
2. Which invention is it? Read the sentences and put them
in the correct box.
THE WORLD WIDE WEB

JIGSAW PUZZLE

TIN CAN

BASKETBALL GAME

1. In 1990 there wasnt a World Wide Web.

2. He wanted to help his students.
3. Explorers needed the tin can to travel across deserts and up mountains.
4. In the original game, Naismith used a football.
5. This connected millions of computers around the world.
6 Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
7. Naismith was a Canadian Physical Education teacher.
8 He was a Geography teacher.
9. Tim Berners-Lee invented the WWW in 1991.
10. He invented the game in 1891.
11. The tin can preserved the food and saved many lives.
12. In 1767 John Spilsbury invented the jigsaw puzzle.
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Unit 6
Name:
3. What was there before 1900?
Before 1900 there was electricity.
Before 1900 there werent any computers.

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