Номер 2, страница 66 - гдз по английскому языку 5 класс рабочая тетрадь Вербицкая, Твердохлебова

12. A glimpse of history - номер 2, страница 66.

Условие.

2 A quiz on inventions. Answer the questions yourself, then ask your friend.

Chicken or egg?

What was invented first:

1 the printing press or the typewriter?

2 the washing machine or the vacuum cleaner?

3 the submarine or the parachute?

4 the jet engine or the motor car engine?

5 the ballpoint pen or the felt-tip pen?

☐ Read the parachute fact file and decide which of the facts are True (T) or False (F).

The parachute fact file

1 Ancient Egyptians used parachutes to build pyramids. ☐

2 A parachute was first thought of in 1485 by Leonardo da Vinci. ☐

3 The first parachute was tried on a sportsman. ☐

4 In 1784 a dog was dropped from a balloon wearing a parachute. ☐

5 Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first human parachute jump in 1793. ☐

6 Modern parachutes are sometimes used to slow aircraft on landing. ☐

Решение.