UNIT 9 GREAT INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS

Focus: Vocabulary Study: gadgets and machines; the history of 2 inventions

Focus: Great Inventor: Thomas Alva Edison

Grammar focus: Infinitive/Gerund

Skills focus: Reading for specific information; describing personality; making a project.

I. What on Earth is this?

1.Complete the information below. Then compare it with your partners.

The three most useful machines in my home:

The three most useful gadgets I own:

The most useless gadget I ever got:

The three most important inventions in the last 50 years:

2.Here are some very useful machines that can help us with jobs around the house. Find the words that go with the picture: vacuum cleaner, freezer, lawn mower, washing machine, fridge, food mixer, washing-up machine, sewing machine