Answer Key

Great Inventions / Lost!

1 Complete the crossword.
1 computer, 2 mobile phone, 3 television, 4 ship, 5 paperclip, 6 mp3 player, 7 aeroplane,
8 bicycle, 9 light bulb, 10 toilet, 11 tractor, 12 robot, 13 wheel

2 Read and complete.

1 Dunlop, tyre, 1888; 2 Wright, plane, 1903; 3 Biro, pen, 1938; 4 Bell, telephone, 1876; 5
Devol, robot, 1954

3 Circle T (True) or F (False)

1 T, 2 T, 3 T, 4 F, 5 T

4 Circle the correct words.

1 used, use; 2 were, are; 3 didnt, looked; 4 travelled, travel

5 Look at the symbols. Write the words.

1 horse riding, 2 climbing, 3 swimming, 4 cycling, 5 orienteering

6 Number the sentences in the correct order.

1 Amy, Megan, Oliver and Todd go orienteering., 2 The teacher gives them a map and a
mobile phone., 3 Oliver throws the map in a bin., 4 They use the sat nav on the mobile
phone., 5 Oliver falls in the river and the mobile phone gets wet., 6 They dont know
which way to go. They are lost., 7 Then, they use Todds book to find the North Star., 8
Finally, they arrive back at the campsite at exactly seven oclock.

7 Read and complete.

1 make, 2 take, 3 send, 4 play, 5 listen, 6 find

8 Who said what? Match the speech bubbles to the pictures.

1 f, 2 a, 3 b, 4 d, 5 e, 6 c

Macmillan Childrens Readers Great Inventions / Lost! 1

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