GRAMMAR

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 To show that one past event happened before another one, we use the past / past perfect tense for the first event.

2 Underline the part of the sentence in the past perfect: After he had found the money, he rang his friend.

3 In Mary had gone when Bill arrived home, Bill saw / didn't see Mary.

4 We must / don't have to use the past perfect tense for a past action that happened before another one.

5 We make the past perfect tense with had + present participle / past participle.

____ / 5 points

VOCABULARY

2 Complete with the correct word from the list.

electronics gloves raised translators

deaf inspiration recycled wars

disabled inventions sign language workout

dots materials simplify awards

1 Braille uses a system of six ________ to make letters that blind people can read.

2 One of the greatest ________ of the last 50 years is, of course, the Internet.

3 Buildings need to be made so that ________ people can get into them easily.

4 In the twentieth century there were two world ________ , from 1914-18 and 1938-45.

5 TVs, radios and computers are all examples of ________ .

6 ________ people often use sign language to communicate with others.

7 ________ usually work from the foreign language into their own language.

8 ________ plastics and rubbish can be used to make new things.

9 Many inventors say they get their ________ while they are sleeping.

10 Some clothes are made from ________ that can tell if you are hot or cold.

____ / 10 points

FUNCTION

3 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with the correct tense (past simple or past perfect) of the verb in brackets.

____ / 10 points

Total : _____ / 25 points

Lesson test Inspiration 3 unit 6, lesson 1

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The invention of Velcro

Georges de Mestral (1907-90) was an electrical engineer who invented Velcro.

Born near Lausanne, Switzerland, de Mestral 1 __________(design) a toy plane by the age of twelve and patented it. Later he 2 __________ (go) to the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. After he 3 __________ (leave), he 4 __________ (work) in the machine shop of an engineering company. In his free time, however, he was an amateur mountaineer. One summer day in 1948, after he 5 __________ (take) his dog for a walk in the country, both 6 __________ (return) home covered with burrs - the sticky seed-sacs from plants. He 7 __________ (examine) the burrs under a microscope and this gave him the inspiration for a new kind of zip fastener. The public 8 __________ (not like) his idea at first and even laughed at it, but after he 9 __________ (begin) his own business, he soon started selling 60 million yards (about 55,000 km) of Velcro a year. It fast 10 __________ (become) a multi-million dollar company.

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