- The document provides a lesson summary that includes reading an article about inventions, discussing vocabulary like adverbs, and speaking about science and technology inventions. - It includes readings about past inventions like the C5 electric vehicle, present inventions like the Segway, and future inventions like the Uno, which is controlled by body movement. - The lesson teaches students to summarize, discuss, and evaluate inventions using adverbs and expressing opinions.

2. LESSON SUMMARY
• Reading: Article about inventions
• Vocabulary: adverbs
• Speaking: discussing inventions
• Topic: science and technology

3. What is the best invention?

4. READING
“Necessity is the mother of invention”
An expression that means that if you
really need to do something, you
will think of a way of doing it.

5. Exercise 3

6. TRUE / FALSE
TASK
READING
STRATEGIES

7. Read the statement and the task
carefully
Underline the parts of the text
that contain useful information
Rely only on the information given
in the text, not on your general
knowledge
READING

8. READING
Ever since the horse and buggy,
people have been inventing new
ways of travelling – some more
effective than others. Here are
three of them…
Crazy ways of getting
around – past, present
and future

9. READING
The C5
‘Imagine a vehicle that can drive you five miles for
a penny. A vehicle that needs no petrol, just a
battery.’ This might sound like an amazingly good
idea now, but back in 1985, when Clive Sinclair
invented the C5, people weren’t so sure. ‘It will be
the answer to our inner-city traffic problems.’
explained the marketing executives. ‘You won’t
need a driving license. Anyone can drive it,
whether you are 14 or 40.’ The problem was the
C5 didn’t work well in the British climate and
could be dangerous on wet road.
1 Past

10. Read the text.
Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)
1. In 1985 people welcomed the idea of an
environmentally friendly car.
2. The C5 failed partly because it was dangerous
in bad weather.
3. Dean Kamen predicted that Segways would be
more popular than cars.
4. They’ve sold more Segways than they
expected.
5. Ben Gulak has placed advertisements for the
Uno on US TV.
6. The driver doesn’t have to operate any
controls on the Uno.
F
T

11. READING
The Segway
Its inventor, Dean Kamen, confidently predicted
that the Segway ‘will be to the car what the car was
to the horse and buggy’. Despite sales predictors of
40,000 a year when it appeared in 2001, sales have
been disappointingly low. But the Segway might not
be a total failure. The police in some European
countries use them (though probably not in theme
parks, warehouses and some airports. You aren’t
allowed to use them on public roads in many
European countries, though that might change and
sales could then increase dramatically.
2 Present

12. Read the text.
Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)
1. In 1985 people welcomed the idea of an
environmentally friendly car.
2. The C5 failed partly because it was dangerous
in bad weather.
3. Dean Kamen predicted that Segways would be
more popular than cars.
4. They’ve sold more Segways than they
expected.
5. Ben Gulak has placed advertisements for the
Uno on US TV.
6. The driver doesn’t have to operate any
controls on the Uno.
T
F

13. READING
The Uno
Canadian teenager Ben Gulak has recently won an award
for the best new invention of the future – the Uno. He has
already appeared on American television to demonstrate
his unique electric vehicle, it looks exactly like a motor
scooter except the wheels are beside each other. A
computerized system keeps the vehicle carefully balanced.
You can easily ride it – it has absolutely no controls. There
is only an on-off switch. To move it, you move your body.
To go forward, you simply lean forward. To stop it, you
lean back. You lean left or right to go round a corner.
‘People really seem to like it,’ says Gulak. With the right
business help, the Uno might become a common sight on
our roads in the future.
3 Future

14. Read the text.
Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)
1. In 1985 people welcomed the idea of an
environmentally friendly car.
2. The C5 failed partly because it was dangerous
in bad weather.
3. Dean Kamen predicted that Segways would be
more popular than cars.
4. They’ve sold more Segways than they
expected.
5. Ben Gulak has placed advertisements for the
Uno on US TV.
6. The driver doesn’t have to operate any
controls on the Uno.
F
T

15. Find 12 adverbs ending in –ly
in the texts.

16. READING
The C5
‘Imagine a vehicle that can drive you five miles for
a penny. A vehicle that needs no petrol, just a
battery.’ This might sound like an amazingly good
idea now, but back in 1985, when Clive Sinclair
invented the C5, people weren’t so sure. ‘It will
be the answer to our inner-city traffic problems.’
explained the marketing executives. ‘You won’t
need a driving license. Anyone can drive it,
whether you are 14 or 40.’ The problem was the
C5 didn’t work well in the British climate and
could be dangerous on wet road.
1 Past

17. READING
The C5
‘Imagine a vehicle that can drive you five miles for
a penny. A vehicle that needs no petrol, just a
battery.’ This might sound like an amazingly good
idea now, but back in 1985, when Clive Sinclair
invented the C5, people weren’t so sure. ‘It will
be the answer to our inner-city traffic problems.’
explained the marketing executives. ‘You won’t
need a driving license. Anyone can drive it,
whether you are 14 or 40.’ The problem was the
C5 didn’t work well in the British climate and
could be dangerous on wet road.
1 Past

18. READING
The Segway
Its inventor, Dean Kamen, confidently predicted
that the Segway ‘will be to the car what the car was
to the horse and buggy’. Despite sales predictors of
40,000 a year when it appeared in 2001, sales have
been disappointingly low. But the Segway might not
be a total failure. The police in some European
countries use them (though probably not in theme
parks, warehouses and some airports. You aren’t
allowed to use them on public roads in many
European countries, though that might change and
sales could then increase dramatically.
2 Present

19. READING
The Segway
Its inventor, Dean Kamen, confidently predicted
that the Segway ‘will be to the car what the car was
to the horse and buggy’. Despite sales predictors of
40,000 a year when it appeared in 2001, sales have
been disappointingly low. But the Segway might
not be a total failure. The police in some European
countries use them (though probably not in theme
parks, warehouses and some airports. You aren’t
allowed to use them on public roads in many
European countries, though that might change and
sales could then increase dramatically.
2 Present

20. READING
The Uno
Canadian teenager Ben Gulak has recently won an award
for the best new invention of the future – the Uno. He has
already appeared on American television to demonstrate
his unique electric vehicle, it looks exactly like a motor
scooter except the wheels are beside each other. A
computerized system keeps the vehicle carefully
balanced. You can easily ride it – it has absolutely no
controls. There is only an on-off switch. To move it, you
move your body. To go forward, you simply lean forward.
To stop it, you lean back. You lean left or right to go
round a corner. ‘People really seem to like it,’ says Gulak.
With the right business help, the Uno might become a
common sight on our roads in the future.
3 Future

21. READING
The Uno
Canadian teenager Ben Gulak has recently won an award
for the best new invention of the future – the Uno. He has
already appeared on American television to demonstrate
his unique electric vehicle, it looks exactly like a motor
scooter except the wheels are beside each other. A
computerized system keeps the vehicle carefully
balanced. You can easily ride it – it has absolutely no
controls. There is only an on-off switch. To move it, you
move your body. To go forward, you simply lean forward.
To stop it, you lean back. You lean left or right to go round
a corner. ‘People really seem to like it,’ says Gulak. With
the right business help, the Uno might become a common
sight on our roads in the future.
3 Future

22. We can use adverbs before adjectives and other
adverbs.
These shoes were amazingly cheap.
The car was travelling incredibly slowly.
LEARN
THIS!
• Amazingly good, disappointingly low, careful
balanced

23. Look at the inventions in the pictures and read
these questions. Make notes.
Use the words below each photo to help you.
1. How do you think each invention works?
2. Which invention do you think is the most
or least useful? Why? Try to use adverbs if
you can.
3. What is a fair price each invention, in your
opinion?

24. SPEAKING

25. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the
questions in the previous exercise.
How do you think the first invention
works?
You attach the toilet paper holder to your
head, and unroll the paper. Then you use it
to …
Which invention do you think is the most
useful and why?
I think the … is the most useful because it’s
really …
What is a fair price for the first invention,
in your opinion?
I think a fair price is €15

26. • https://youtu.be/l-ijcGqPE4o

27. SPEAKING
Useful expressions:
• I think…
• In my opinion,
• From my point of view,…
• As far as I’m concerned,…

28. Understand an article in detail
What have
you learned
today?
What can you
do now?
Describe and discuss strange inventions