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

Ответ: 1. the printing press; 2. the washing machine; 3. the parachute; 4. the motor car engine; 5. the felt-tip pen.

• 1. The printing press was invented before the typewriter.
• 2. The washing machine was invented before the vacuum cleaner.
• 3. The parachute was invented before the submarine.
• 4. The motor car engine was invented before the jet engine.
• 5. The felt-tip pen was invented before the ballpoint pen.

Ответ: 1. the printing press; 2. the washing machine; 3. the parachute; 4. the motor car engine; 5. the felt-tip pen.