INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

1. Match the inventions with the inventors:
1. A television system
2. A microwave oven
3. A refrigerator
4. A motorcycle
5. An electric iron
6. A dishwasher
7. An electric motor
8. A car
9. A car assembly line
2. Who invented the electric washing ma-
chine?
a
Thomas Moore S: Liz, do you have a washing machine at
home?
b John Logie Baird L: Yes, of course. Why are you asking about
it?
c Henry W. Seeley S: I tried to find information about the inven-
tor of the electric washing machine.
Percy LeBaron L: Really? Who invented it?
d
Spencer S: Oh, it’s difficult to say. An American engi-
neer Alva J. Fisher had a patent of designing a
e Gottlieb Daimler new electric washing machine in 1910, but
there was someone who invented it before him.
Charles Rolls, The US patent office shows at least one pa-
f
Henry Royce tent issued before Mr. Fisher's US patent.
L: How interesting! Have you found who this
g Henry Ford machine invented?
S: No, I haven’t. The encyclopedia says that
Michael Faraday the inventor is unknown.
h
L: What a pity!
Mrs. Josephine S: But I know that the first electric washing
i Garis (W. A.) machine was sold in the USA commercially in
Cochran 1907.

3. What device are the girls speaking about?
K: What is the most important electric device to
you at home?
S: Well, I think about one. It is very important to
me.
K: What is it?
S: Try to guess. It is very big. Do you guess what it
is?
S: Frankly speaking, I can’t guess.
K: OK, I continue. I use it every day and it is very
helpful. I put there a lot of things brought from the
shop. It helps me to keep everything fresh and fro-
zen.
S: Oh, of course I know. It is….
4. What invention is very important to Bob?
T: What is the most important invention to
you?
B: Oh, it’s difficult to say. There are a lot of
useful things around us. They help us a lot.
T: Can you name only one of them?
B: Only one? Well, then I think it is my mobile.
T: Why? Can’t you live without it?
B: Well, I think, I can’t live without it, because
I have to communicate with a lot of people very
day on my business. Just imagine I have no mo-
bile! Do I have to sit in the post-office and
send telegrams to my partners in other cities?
T: Oh, no, it’s impossible!

5. Are these inventions helpful?
a) The first working airplane was invented, designed, made,
and flown by the Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright (1867-
1912) and Orville Wright (1871-1948). Their "Wright Flyer"
flew for 12 seconds and for a distance of 120 feet (37 m)
on December 17, 1903. The flight took place at Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, USA
b) The first functional sewing machine was invented by the
French tailor Barthélemy Thimonnier in 1830. Other tailors
feared for their livelihood, and burnt his workshop down.
Elias Howe was American inventor who patented an
improved sewing machine in 1846.
c) John S. Thurman invented the gasoline powered
vacuum cleaner (which he called the "pneumatic carpet
renovator") in 1899. His vacuum was patented on Oct.
3, 1899. It may have been the first motorized vacuum
cleaner.
d) Scissors were invented thousands of years ago
(roughly 1500 B.C.) in Egypt. Scissors were not in
common use until much later, in the 1500's (in Europe).
(Adapted from http://enchantedlearning.com)
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Ex.1:
1. - b
2. - d
3. - a
4. - e
5. - c
6. - i
7. - h
8. - f
9. - g

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