Комплекс лексико-грамматических упражнений по английскому языку по теме: "Inventions", 11 класс

INVENTIONS AND THEIR INVENTORS

- to invent telephone (Alexander Graham Bell; an American engineer; 1876)

- to produce the world’s first petrol driven motor car (Karl Benz; Germany; 1885)

- to built the first airplane (Wilbur and Orville Wright; the USA; 1903)

- to develop the first personal stereo – Sony Walkman (Akita Morita; Japan; 1979)

- to built the first vacuum cleaner (James M. Spangler; the USA; 1908)

- to create the world’s first car assembly line (Henry Ford; an automobile manufacturer; the USA; 1908)

- to design the first artificial satellite (Sergei Korolyev; Russia; 1957)

- to create Microsoft-DOS or Disk Operating System (Bill gates; the USA; 1980)

- to pioneer photography (Nicephore Niepce; France; 1829)

- to open the world`s first cinema (the Lumiere brothers; France; Paris; 1895)

- to invent television (john Logie Baird; Scotland; 1926)

- to develop the idea of cloning (Ian Wilmat; Scotland; 1997)

MODERN INVENTIONS IN PEOPLE’S LIFE

Gadgets and machines people use

What do people use them for?

1- a computer

a- to cut and collect grass

2- a TV set

b- to do roller skating in the streets, in parks

3- a vacuum cleaner

c- to wake up people and tell the time

4- a mobile telephone

d- to write programmes, to play computer games, to find and use information

5- a microwave

e- to take photographs

6- a TV remote-control unit

f- to perform everyday cleaning tasks

7- a talking alarm clock

g- to sew clothes, to do embroidery

8- a video recorder or player

h- to operate the TV set from a distance

9- a camera

i- to receive or make calls from any place; to send and receive messages

10- a solar powered calculator

j- to build up one’s strength

11- a dishwasher

k- to see TV programmes, to have fun and entertain

12- a mower

l- to record a TV programme on a different channel; to watch pre-recorded videos

13- a body building machine

m- to do calculations in sunlight or daylight

14- a sewing machine

n- to wash dishes

15- roller blades

o-to cook, to defrost, to reheat pre-prepared food

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A – a car; B – a microwave oven; C – a cordless phone; D – a mobile telephone; E – a camera; F – a computer

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