1 Listen and read. What two inventions do the children look at?
The radio and the light bulb
2 Work in pairs. Read the dialogue again and answer the questions.
1 Who told Alex about the early radio? his great-grandmother
2 Who invented the radio? (Guglielmo) Marconi
3 When did he win the Nobel Prize? 1909
4 What did the Wright Brothers invent? the aero plane
5 What did Thomas Edison invent? the light bulb
3 Work in pairs. Find these expressions in the dialogue. Then use the expressions and act out.
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I’m not surprised. / You’re right. / Nor have I.. |
4 Work in pairs.
1 Would you like to be an inventor? Why?/Why not?
2 If you were an inventor, what would you invent and why?
