Lesson №23

Level: Elementary
Topic: The radio wasn’t invented by the Chinese!
Grammar: Passive voice: negatives, questions.

invention compass
invent – inventor animation – cartoon
patent write – wrote – written
work on see – saw – seen
scientist sell – sold – sold
mathematician send – sent – sent
physician shake – shook – shaken
BC – before Christ AD – Anno Domini (in the year shoot – shot – shot
of the lord in Latin; after Christ) sing – sang – sung
electricity show – showed – shown
engineer shut – shut – shut
1. Revision
Hello, guys, how are you? Let’s now revise the vocabulary from the last lesson, you get cards
with materials and should explain them in pairs, by saying, for example: A chair, a bed and a
pencil are made of this. And the answer – They are made of wood. Clear?

2. Topic Introduction
I’m sure you remembered all the words from the last lesson and tell me, what do a pen and
paper have in common? They were both discovered Before Christ! And what do you know
about inventions? Which inventions do you know? Which famous scientists do you know?
Physicians, mathematicians? Who is an inventor? And who’s a discoverer? Who do you know?
Let’s write the words which will help you to speak about great inventors 
Make an example with at least 3 words in one sentence, using all these words, please 

3. Topic Discussion – Reading

Now let’s look at these inventions – which do you use every day? Which are the most useful?
Which are made for fun? Which inventors do you know? What countries are they from?

1. Connect an inventor and his inventions. 2. For example you have chosen “a compass –
Chinese”. Ask your partner – Was a compass invented by the Chinese? His/her answer can be:
Yes, a compass was invented by the Chinese. Or: No, a compass was not invented by the
Chinese.
3. Now check who was right! 
Change the sentences into Passive! For example: The Chinese invented a compass in 206 BC
/500 AD -> A compass wasn’t invented in 500 AD. A compass was invented in 206 BC.

4. Grammar:
Passive in negative: S + to be + not + V3.
Passive in questions: To be + S + V3?

You have 3 sentences which you wrote at home. You should change them into the passive, then
for each ask the question and say the negative form, ok?
Write please these irregular verbs down (from the table above). Put the correct verb into the
gaps.
5. Communication game.

What would you invent now, what do you need in your everyday life? What does our
generation need right now?
Now imagine that a time machine has been invented and you look into the future and see there
are only robots! What will be done then? What will happen to books? For example, books will
not be written or read. Now in small groups think about possible events in the future, using
Passive Voice!

6. Conclusions: What did you learn today? Which inventors/inventions do you remember?

7. Homework: grammar exercise.

 1. Connect an invention and its inventor!

EXAMPLE. A compass Alexander Popov

1. A pen Ancient Egyptians
2. Paper Charles-Émile Reynaud
3. A telephone Wright Brothers
4. Radio EXAMPLE. the Chinese
5. A film (animation) William Gilbert
6. Electricity Alexander Graham Bell
7. A computer Charles Babbage
8. An airplane the Chinese

2. For example you have chosen “a compass – the Chinese”.

Ask your partner – Was a compass invented by the Chinese? His/her answer can be: Yes, a compass was
invented by the Chinese. Or: No, a compass was not invented by the Chinese.

3. Now check who was right! 

Change the sentences into Passive Voice! For example:
The Chinese invented a compass in 206 BC /500 AD -> A compass wasn’t invented in 500 AD. A compass
was invented in 206 BC.

1. Ancient Egyptians invented a pen in 3000 BC / 1050 BC.

2. The Chinese invented paper in 1000 AD / 200 BC.
3. Alexander Graham Bell, a British scientist and engineer, patented the telephone in 2 BC / 1876
AD.
4. Alexander Popov, a Russian physician, invented the radio in 1985 AD / 5 BC.
5. Charles-Émile Reynaud showed the first animation in 1892 BC / 1892 AD.
6. William Gilbert discovered and worked on electricity in 300 BC / 1600 AD.
7. Charles Babbage, a British mathematician, invented the first computer in 564 AD / 1834 AD.
8. The Wright Brothers made an airplane in 1000 AD / 1903 AD.

4. Grammar:
0. The dog (to be) ____________________ by my father. The dog was fed by my father.

1. The door (to be) ______ not _____________ by me yesterday, it was opened by me!
2. Animations (to be) _____________________ every day in this cinema!
3. If my friend doesn’t give my money back, he (to be) __________________________ tomorrow!
4. I (to be) __________________________ with my girlfriend yesterday.
5. His house (to be) ___________________ tomorrow at auction.
6. The letters (to be) __________always__________ by me on time!
7. My favourite songs (to be) _____never _____________ live (вживую)!
8. These houses (to be)____________________ by an earthquake (землетрясение) two year ago.
9. His best novel (to be) _____________________, if he doesn’t drink too much!

Homework:

1. (the shops / close / daily at 7 p.m.) ……………………………………………………...

2. (these classrooms / clean / every day?) ……………………….…………………………
3. (we / not allow / to wear jeans here) …………………………………..……………….
4. (this computer / not use / very often) …………………………………………………..
5. (I / not wake up / by the noise / yesterday) .....………………………………………….
6. (you / invite / to the festival last week?). ………………………………………………...
7. (his cell phone / steal / a few months ago) ……………………………………........…….
8. (the new road / finish / next year) ………………………………………………………..
wood plastic
paper silk
bricks glass
cotton metal
concrete porcelain
wool gold / silver
stone leather
rubber cardboard
suede nylon
fabric marble

wood plastic
paper silk
bricks glass
cotton metal
concrete porcelain
wool gold / silver
stone leather
rubber cardboard
suede nylon
fabric marble

wood plastic
paper silk
bricks glass
cotton metal
concrete porcelain
wool gold / silver
stone leather
rubber cardboard
suede nylon
fabric marble

Tell about: Tell about: Tell about:

books - write, newspapers – read,
films – show, food – sell, plants -
not allow, new planets - discover,
songs – sing, windows and doors -
shut, letters - send, people –
shoot, paintings – draw, air – buy.
books - write, newspapers – read,
films – show, food – sell, plants -
not allow, new planets - discover,
songs – sing, windows and doors -
shut, letters - send, people –
shoot, paintings – draw, air – buy.
books - write, newspapers – read,
films – show, food – sell, plants -
not allow, new planets - discover,
songs – sing, windows and doors -
shut, letters - send, people –
shoot, paintings – draw, air– buy.