Great Minds

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. In his lifetime, Leonardo da Vinci _____ incredible things.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. Da Vinci _____ many working machines for war, industry and transport.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. With today's _____, many of da Vinci's designs could work very well.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. In 2001, architects _____ a bridge in Norway based on da Vinci's design.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. Most people consider Leonardo da Vinci to be one of _____ painters who had ever lived.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. As a young man, da Vinci _____ in Florence.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. Leonardo da Vinci _____ in a small village in Tuscany, Italy on 15th April, 1452.

Choose the correct word(s) to fill in the gaps. He was very _____ and learnt lots of things by himself.

Read the text and mark the sentences as T (True), F (False) or NS (Not stated). When Isaac Newton was a boy, he made lots of brilliant inventions like a windmill to grind corn, a water clock and a sundial. When he was 18, Isaac went to study at Cambridge University. But in 1665 the Great Plague, which was a terrible disease, spread in England, and Cambridge University had to close down. Isaac returned home to the farm. Isaac continued studying and experimenting at home. One day he was drinking a cup of tea in the garden. He saw an apple fall from a tree. ‘Why do apples fall down instead of up?’ From this, he formed the theory of gravity. Gravity is an invisible force which pulls objects towards the Earth and keeps the planets moving around the Sun. Sir Isaac Newton died in 1727 aged 85. He was buried along with English kings and queens in Westminster Abbey in London. He was one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians who has ever lived. 1) When Isaac Newton was a boy, he invented a windmill, a water clock and a sundial. 2) Cambridge University closed down because of a party. 3) Gravity is an invisible force which pulls objects towards the Earth. 4) He formed the theory of gravity after he saw an orange fall from a tree. 5) He often danced with other scientists. 6) He was one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians who had ever lived.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝒀𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑲𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒐, 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝟏𝟕, 𝒀𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃. 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒚. 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒃, 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒐, 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎, 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝟏𝟐𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒍, 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟏, 𝒀𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝒀𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒏 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝟑𝟒 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓.