iStarSign inEnglish 6 · Unit 4: Inventions · Cambridge Global English Stage 6
4.2 Past simple review
14 questions · e.g. Alexander Graham Bell ____ born in Scotland in 1847.
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1. Alexander Graham Bell ____ born in Scotland in 1847.
Check2. He ____ interested in the science of sound because his mother and wife were deaf.
Check3. The first telephone call ____ place in March 1876.
Check4. As design developed, people ____ to use a round dial with numbers.
Check5. The first mobiles ____ nearly $2000.
Check6. In the 1980s, only wealthy people ____ mobiles around with them.
Check- In the 1990s people beginned to use mobile phones.
- In the 1990s people begun to use mobile phones.
- In the 1990s people began to use mobile phones.
- In the 1990s people begin to use mobile phones.
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8. Who made the first ever mobile telephone call?
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9. Which company developed Asimo?
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10. Why did Honda create Asimo?
- to replace teachers
- to be a TV presenter
- to play football in the Olympics
- to help people in need with tasks around the house
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11. What did Asimo do in 2014?
- Honda stopped producing it.
- It played football with Barack Obama.
- It visited Disneyland.
- It appeared on a UK quiz show.
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- Honda presented Asimo to the world.
- Honda started developing Asimo.
- Honda stopped producing Asimo in its current form.
- Asimo met Mickey Mouse.
13. A robot that looks and moves like a human is ____.
Check14. To change something to make it better is to ____ it.
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