11.

1 INVENTION OF
THE YEAR
SPEAKING &
READING
What important inventions
were there in the past?

What inventions do you think

people are working on now?
SPEAKING &
READING
5 Work in groups

Which invention do you

think should win the
award? Why?
GRAMMAR
Relative Clauses
 Relative Clauses
We use relative clauses to give more information about a person or object.
Nondefining relative clauses
1. Give additional information. The sentences still make sense without this
information.
Dr. Choi-Taek is a specialist in robotics, which is increasingly important
in his country.
2. Give extra information on the whole sentences.
The kids think their teacher sounds rather robotic today, which is hardly
surprising.
3. Are separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.

Note: we don’t use that or omit the relative pronoun in nondefining

relative clauses.
SPEAKING
Work in pairs

What do you think has been the most

important invention in the last 100
years? Why?

Share your answer with the class. Which

invention did people choose the most?
Picture References
Slide 1 Light bulb: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/05/03/01/32/bulb-4174898_960_720.jpg

Slide 2 Robots: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/09/09/20/18/r2d2-933066_960_720.jpg

Slide 3 Woman: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2019/12/01/23/19/idea-4666651_960_720.jpg

Slide 4 Boys: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/05/13/14/52/boys-3396713_960_720.jpg

Slide 5 Group: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/03/09/09/22/workplace-1245776_960_720.jpg

Slide 6 Women robot: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/12/10/17/00/robot-3010309_960_720.jpg

Slide 7 Light bulb: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2015/02/12/05/11/idea-633315_960_720.png

Slide 8 Speaking: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/12/02/21/47/pair-3852277_960_720.jpg

Slide 9 Light bulb: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/03/09/10/37/light-bulb-1246043_960_720.jpg