1 Look back at the dialogue in Lesson 2. Are these sentences true or false? Say why.
1 Guglielmo Marconi invented the first radio in 1907
false (He invented it in 1904)
2 The Wright Brothers won the Nobel Prize in 1909.
false (Marconi won it in 1909.)
3 Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. True
4 Thomas Edison was asked to get off a train when he was 15. True
2 Look at the grammar table. Then read and circle the correct options to complete the rule.
We use that / who or which for things, where / whose for places, when / who for people, where / when for time and who / whose to talk about possessions.
3 Read the dialogue in Lesson 2 again. Find examples of relative pronouns.
the room where you can see lots of old inventions.
the radio which my great-grandmother told me about.
the time when everyone used radios like this.
the button that turns it on
the person who invented it
the year when he won it
the people who invented the aero plane
That was where he was born.
the person whose invention has changed our lives the most
the inventor whose experiment started a fi re on a train?
4 Play a guessing game. Describe a thing, a place, a time or a person. Can your partner guess who/what you are describing?
Students’ own answer
5 Listen. For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear Maha and Nadia talking about a podcast.
1 The podcast was by a doctor who
A does a lot of podcasts.
B has been on TV.
C doesn’t watch TV.
2 In the last 100 years, the doctor thinks that vaccination is the thing that
A has helped a lot of people.
B has helped doctors.
C has changed medicine the most.
3 Nadia has an aunt who
A needed antibiotics last year.
B needed a vaccination last year.
C worked in a hospital last year
