His first patent was granted in__________.

Write a short paragraph (120 -150 words) about a famous inventor that you admire a lot.

You can use the following questions as cues:

• Who is she/ he?

• What did she/ he invent?

• How important is his/ her invention?

• What were some interesting facts about him/ her?

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Listening to the information about Thomas Edison and choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Thomas Edison was born in__________.

There/be/ various/ types/ quiz shows/ TV/help/ us/ widen/ horizons.

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Watch/ TV/ help/ entertain/ when/ we/ get stressful/ after/ work/ and/ study.

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     Television /be/ indispensable/ part/ people’s lives/ today.

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Thanks/ television, we/ be/ aware/ what/ happen/ in/ world.

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Read the passage and the statements below and decide whether they are TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).

Mark Zuckerberg, along with his classmates invented Facebook which is now the world’s most popular social networking page.

In 2003, Zuckerberg, a second-year student at Harvard at the time, wrote the software for a website called Facemash. He put his computer science skills to questionable use by hacking Into Harvard’s security network, where he copied the student ID images used by the dormitories and used them to populate his new website. Website visitors could use the site to compare two student photos side-by-side and decide who was “hot” and who was “not.”

On February 4, 2004, Zuckerberg launched a new website called “The Facebook.” He named the site after the directories that were handed out to university students to aid them in getting to know one another better. Six days later, he was accused of stealing ideas for an intended social network website called Harvard Connection, but the matter was eventually settled out of court.

In 2004, Napster founder and angel investor Sean Parker became the company’s president. The company changed the site’s name from The Facebook to just Facebook after purchasing the domain name facebook, com in 2005 for $200,000. Facebook would later expand to other networks such as employees of companies. In September of 2006, Facebook announced that anyone who was at least 13 years old and had a valid email address could join. By 2009, it had become the world’s most used social networking service, according to a report by the analytics site Compete.com.

I/ spend/ two hours/ watch/ TV/ programs/ my family/ each day.

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Talk about an important invention you know.

You can use the following questions as cues:

•  What is it?

•  How does it work?

•  What do you use it for?

•  What benefits does it bring?

Useful languages:

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. I would like to talk about...

2. It is...

3. ... Is used for many different purposes ...

4. There are a lot of benefits brought about by ...

5. Firstly, ... Secondly, ... In addition, ...

6. In conclusion, ...             

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

 Let’s compare!

Peter (buy) _________a new car recently?

She just (come) _________back home.

Read the passage and fill in each blank with the appropriate word in the passage.

Alexander Graham Bell, a well-known Scottish scientist, inventor, engineer, and innovator was bom on March 3, 1847. He was the second born son of Alexander Melville Bell, a teacher of elocution, and Eliza Grace Symonds, a hearing-impaired pianist. Bell’s father, grandfather, and brother had all been associated with work on elocution and both his mother and wife were deaf, profoundly influencing Bell’s life’s work. In spite of being not the best student, Bell had an uncanny talent for problem solving. When he was 12, he invented a farming device for his friend’s father that quickly and efficiently removed the husks from wheat grain. On March 7, 1876, Bell was awarded a patent on the first telephone. He founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. Many other inventions marked Bell’s later life, including groundbreaking work in optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics. He also founded The National Geographic Society and was one of the first presidents and editors of the magazine. Bell died peacefully at his home in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, on August 2, 1922.

1. Bell’s mother was a________pianist.