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Famous Inventors Matching (Grade 5)

Free printable inventors matching worksheet for Grade 5. Students match each inventor to their famous invention.

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Date
History · Grade 5

Match the Inventor

Match each inventor on the left to their invention on the right.

  1. 1.
    Match: The Wright Brothers
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  2. 2.
    Match: Marie Curie
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  3. 3.
    Match: Thomas Edison
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  4. 4.
    Match: George Stephenson
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  5. 5.
    Match: Tim Berners-Lee
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  6. 6.
    Match: Karl Benz
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  7. 7.
    Match: Alexander Graham Bell
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
  8. 8.
    Match: Johannes Gutenberg
    • a) Invented the World Wide Web
    • b) Developed a practical electric light bulb
    • c) Built early steam railway locomotives
    • d) Did pioneering research on radioactivity
    • e) Patented the first practical telephone
    • f) Built and flew the first powered aeroplane
    • g) Invented the printing press in Europe
    • h) Built one of the first petrol-powered motor cars
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