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Inventions That Shaped the Present

Inventions That Shaped the Present is a printable reading worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level C1. It covers Mixed Conditionals: Historical Causes, Present Consequences, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

History is full of turning points. But some inventions did not merely change the era in which they appeared — they created the conditions for everything that followed. Three examples illustrate how radically different our present world would be if certain past discoveries had not occurred.

What's in this worksheet

  1. Reading for Gist
  2. Reading for Detail
  3. True, False, or Not Given
  4. Vocabulary in Context
  5. Grammar in Context