Look around. We see many things which make our life easier and comfortable. And now you must make the word-map of devices we have at home. car fridge TV radio house hold devices washing machine phone micro wave vacuum cleaner

Put the words in order finishing with the most useful device . Put the words in order finishing with the most useful device. Explain your opinion. vacuum cleaner - car - fridge - cooker- video recorder - electricity - bath - dish washer - calculator - computer - mixer

Complete the table. Think and write down useful, entertaining and dangerous inventions. Explain your choice. USEFUL ENTERTAINING DANEROUS Internet (get information) internet (play games) internet (addiction) Fridge (keep food fresh) TV (watch films and rest) car (pollute the nature) Oven (cook) radio (listen to music) gun (kill people, animals) Washing machine (keep clothes clean) book (get pleasure) plane (aircraft )

Match the qualities below to the devices. Car fax machine clock bicycle lift camera airplane spoon bread-maker expensive, cheap, helpful, dangerous, easy to use, comfortable, little, large, heavy, modern, reliable, durable.

Fill in the words from the list, then make sentences using the completed phrases. Web, surf, exchange, computer, change, electronic, enter, current, phone, important, get 1. inventions 2. to the world 3. lines 4. to information 5. documents 6. a site 7. to the address 8. a screen 9. to the net 10. events 11. to started important change web get electronic computer exchange phone surf current enter

Listen to a part of a dialogue about the pros and cons of internet cafes. Tick (v) if the sentence is correct, (x) if the sentence is incorrect. 1. Jean thinks it is better for children to play outside. 2. Kathy thinks that computers damage children’s eyesight. 3. Kathy thinks Internet cafes are not healthy. 4. Jean believes that Internet cafes help students research their school subjects. 5. Jean thinks that Internet cafes are boring.

Now you must complete the texts, using the past tense forms of the verbs in the box below. Use negative too! invent be (3) say know come use crash cut have break like throw explode take kill A. When Joseph Merlin (1) roller skates in 1760, he decided to demonstrate them at a large party. Half way through the party, he appeared in the ballroom wearing his skates and playing a violin. Unfortunately he (2) how to turn or stop, and he (3) into a large mirror at the end of the room. He (4) the mirror and his violin, and ended up in hospital. B. A customer in an expensive New York restaurant complained to head waiter George Grum that he (5) his chips because they were too thick. Grum (6) very annoyed. He (7) into the kitchen, (8) a potato into very thin slices, and (9) the slices into a par of hot oil. Then he (10) them back to a customer, who to Grum’s surprise (11) that tasted delicious. They (12) the world’s first potato crisps. C. In 1868, the City Council set up the world’s first traffic light outside the Houses of Parliament in London. The traffic light (13) electricity – instead it (14) gas lamps behind red and green glass. It (15) a great success: after a few days it (16) and (17) a policeman. It was almost 50 years before they built another traffic light. invented did not know crashed broke did not like was came cut threw took said were did not use bad was not exploded called