Reading (page 1)

1 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. a

(page 2)
2 1. they believed that failed inventions were
valuable
2. it has got sleeves in different lengths
3. it is reusable
4. helping to finance the museum
5. more than 100,000 visitors have visited
6. to open a museum

Vocabulary
1 1. d 3. b 5. g 7. e
2. f 4. a 6. h 8. c
2 1. useless 4. require
2. catch on 5. ingenious
3. complicated 6. come up with
3 1. flop 4. kettle
2. weird 5. dishwasher
3. trendy 6. revolutionary

Grammar (page 3)
1 1. had started 5. hadnt had
2. Had sent 6. Had talked
3. hadnt finished 7. had turned on
4. had rung 8. had received
2 1. They hadnt heard of a mobile phone before
the explorers showed one to them.
2. After he had spent two weeks in his
laboratory, he finally found the solution.
3. What did he do after they told him the news?
4. After the microwave oven had become
popular, people spent less time in the kitchen.
5. Had you ever used an electric shaver before
you bought this one?
(page 4)
3 1. hadnt had 7. didnt know
2. had left 8. hadnt realised
3. took 9. discovered
4. put 10. had destroyed
5. had 11. produced
6. had managed 12. didnt become

Writing
Accept all logical and grammatically correct
answers.

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