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Technological Inventions - The selfie stick
a reading about the selfie stick - the newest technological japanese craze!
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: reading

 


 
Inventions using multiple intelligences and bloom�s taxonomy
It is a really great lesson plan about inventions where students make their own invention and try to find a patent for it or make an ad about it. There are a lot of tasks where students can use the laptops and present their findings. Hope you like it:)
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Reading comprehension about the importance of technological inventions in our lives.
The text deals with facebook as playing a key role in changing the Arabic world through the Tunisian revolution. the text is accompanied with reading comprehension. Hope to be helpful.
Level: intermediate
Age: 17-100
Type: reading

 


 
Inventions Around Us - 01 (Answer Key Included)
This worksheet is a modefied version of a previous one I developed around the same tasks and theme. The idea is to introduce the meaning of the word invention and help students guess the word instead of giving it straight away. || Task 01: Students distinguish things that are creations of Allah - The Almighty God - and things that people make. || T...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
inventions listening comprehension
This is a listening quiz I used with my students to talk about inventions that have changed the world. There is a vocabulary activity beforehand and a chart in which they have to complete. The link to the video is at the bottom of the page. I hope you find it useful
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
Inventions and inventors
The students have to match important inventions with its inventor and then insert them in a table under different headings.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Crazy Inventions
Students are given some situations where they could use a series of strange inventions. They have to write conditional sentences for those situations.
Level: Choose
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Inventions that have changed our life 4-5
Using Inventions to talk about present perfect. The ws was too big so I devided it to 5 ws. Part 2 is too big, so anyone who wishes to get it can send me a message with his/her e-mail & I will send it. I will upload all the other cards. I hope you like it. Level: advanced
Level: advanced
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Mid term test 2 for bac students
It�s a mid term test for Tunisian bac pupils to test them on the module about creative, inventive minds. I uploaded the listening passage; the link is provided in the worksheet.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
The invention of gunpowder
Reading comprehension about the invention of gunpowder. It also contains four exercises: a) reading comprehension, b)an exercise on the passive voice, c)vocabulary and d) word formation. Hope you find it useful :)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: reading

 


 
Media Inventions
Small texts about different media invention with questions to answer.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
inventions who changed the world
this worksheet shows the inventions who changed the world, a matching activity where you can identify the inventor and the inventions and finally a reading activity from Graham Bell with questions and answer. students have a lot of fun marking key included......
Level: elementary
Age: 3-100
Type: worksheet

 


 
unit 3:creative,inventive minds/ lesson1: inventions-related words
this is my 1st lesson in unit 3( bac).It contains a text about robots,some questions and two tasks:one deals with used to /be used to and the second is a fill in the blanks,still dealing with robots
Level: advanced
Age: 17-100
Type: lesson-plan

 


 
Inventors and their inventions, immortals
Inventors and their inventions, immortals
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: reading

 


 
DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF COCA-COLA?
Read an interesting story about Coca-Cola.Continue the sentences and choose the right variant.Hope you�ll like this reading)
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: reading

 

 


The Great inventions of China
It�s about the four great inventions about China
Level: intermediate
Age: 8-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Passive Voice practice
Animated power point for ss to practice the passive voice in past. The ss will like it. It has creative pictures of objects. Sentences based on inventions. It can be adapted for other purposes like simple past. Enjoy!
Level: intermediate
Age: 11-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


inventions an inventors
an enjoyable past simpe activity about inventors
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


INVENTIONS!!!

Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


inventions
It might be used as a warm-up exercise when it�s talked about inventions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


LATEST INVENTIONS
This series of powerpoints aim to see latest inventiosn, curious ones, giving a detailed glimpse on the description, advantages, disadvantages and on its unusual features! Hope you like it! It�s a different way of introducing the topic of technology, recent inventions and descriptions. Students may base on this to do a similar work on another objec...
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Inventions lesson
This is a fun and creative lesson for ages 12+. The students will look at some funny, usless inventions and then make one of their own. They will finish by designing a poster to advertise the invention. Make sure you download the inventions worksheet activity too (ms word doc) as it�s part of the lesson. The power point may not make sense oth...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Inventions
A simple slide show designed for the purpose of sparking a conversation about inventions we often take for granted. The students should first discuss inventions then investigate some less famous designs which should help them to design an invention of their own.
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Man Machines
Can you think of a better character to talk about inventions and technology? - I could only think of Gyro Gearloose. He�s G8, isn�t he? Use this ppt to warm up your students before giving them the worksheet about "Man Machines".
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


the ________is used to ____________
this structure helps you to say what each invention is use for. Ex. "the washing machine is used to wash your clothes".
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Useless inventions?
To make the power point lighter I had to get rid of some images of very funny "useless" inventions. I advise you to look for some in the WWW and make your students laugh before teaching them grammar.
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Inventors passive voice
inventions and their inventors. sentence s in the active and the passive voice to find.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


reading activity past simple inventions

Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Light Bulb
The History of a light bulb
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


CHINDOGU INVENTIONS
This powerpoint includes some "strange tools" or "useless inventions" referred to Chindogu. Students have to read and match definitions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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