Unit

5

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FAMILY LIFE
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LESSON 4

SPEAKING

Inventions and how they are used

Unit

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Family
Life LIFE
FAMILY
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OBJECTIVES
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o Talk about inventions and how they are used.

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 4

PRE-SPEAKING

Guessing game

Useful expressions

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Talk about the uses of these inventions.
Use the expressions below to help you.
Activity 2: Work in groups. Talk more about one of the inventions
in activity 1. Use the outline below to help you prepare a group
presentation.

WHILE-SPEAKING

POST-SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Activity 3: Present your ideas to the whole class. Then vote for the
most interesting group presentation.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 4

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Guessing game

• Pick a card containing the name of
the invention.
• Explain it to the class without
showing the word.
• The rest of the class guess its
name.

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 4

PRE-SPEAKING

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Guessing game

Useful expressions

PRE-SPEAKING

1

Useful expressions

Functions
Uses of inventions
 

Useful expressions
- … help(s)/ allow(s) us to do st.
Example: The internet helps us to communicate over
long distances.
- We/ People (can) use the internet to communicate
over long distances.
- … is/ are used for st/ doing st.
Example: The internet is used for communication/
communicating over long distances.

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 4

PRE-SPEAKING

WHILE-SPEAKING

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Guessing game

Useful expressions

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Talk about the uses of these inventions.
Use the expressions below to help you.
Activity 2: Work in groups. Talk more about one of the inventions
in activity 1. Use the outline below to help you prepare a group
presentation.

WHILESPEAKING
Work in pairs. Talk about the uses of these inventions. Use

1

the expressions below to help you.

• Skim through the list of
inventions and their uses.
• Work in pairs, talk about the
uses of these inventions, using
the expressions in the prespeaking part.

WHILESPEAKING
Work in groups. Talk more about one of the inventions in activity 1.

2

Use the outline below to help you prepare a group presentation.

• Work in groups, choose one of
the inventions in activity 1 to
talk more about it.
• Discuss the inventions in groups
and take notes of your ideas.

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 4

PRE-SPEAKING

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Guessing game

Useful expressions

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Talk about the uses of these inventions.
Use the expressions below to help you.
Activity 2: Work in groups. Talk more about one of the inventions
in activity 1. Use the outline below to help you prepare a group
presentation.

WHILE-SPEAKING

POST-SPEAKING

Activity 3: Present your ideas to the whole class. Then vote for the
most interesting group presentation.

POST-SPEAKING

3

Present your ideas to the whole class. Then vote for the most
interesting group presentation.

• Present group's ideas.
• Give comments for friends'
groups and vote for the
most interesting group
presentation.

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 4

PRE-SPEAKING

Guessing game

Useful expressions

Activity 1: Work in pairs. Talk about the uses of these inventions.
Use the expressions below to help you.
Activity 2: Work in groups. Talk more about one of the inventions
in activity 1. Use the outline below to help you prepare a group
presentation.

WHILE-SPEAKING

POST-SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

SPEAKING
GETTING STARTED

Activity 3: Present your ideas to the whole class. Then vote for the
most interesting group presentation.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
Speaking about inventions and how they are used.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework

1.Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 5: Listening
2. Do exercises in the workbook