UNIT 3

Innovation skills
(week 10)
Language review
PASSIVE VOICE
 Passive voice
Complete with the passive. Choose the appropriate tense.

 Paper __________________________ (make) from wood.

 My car ______________________ (repair) last week.

 When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?

 London __________________________ (visit) by lots of tourists every year.

 This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.

 A vaccine for the new virus ______________ (find) next year.

 Presenting a product
LISTENING
Listen to a sales manager presenting a product to some buyers.
Which of these adjectives does she use?

attractive elegant energy-saving fashionable

flexible high-quality popular practical reliable
robust sturdy stylish
user-friendly versatile well-designed
 Presenting a product
LISTENING
Listen again to the presentation. How does the sales manager describe the product?
Complete these words and phrases with between one and three words in each gap.

1) It has several special . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2) As you can see, it's stylish, . . . . . . . . . . . . and elegant.
3) It's made of . . . . . . . . . . . . and is very sturdy.
4) It weighs approximately 12 kilos, but it's very strong and . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5) What about its main . . . . . . . . . . . . ?
6) Well, it's very . . . . . . . . . . . . in terms of power and exceptionally quiet .. .
7) Now, a word or two about its . . . . . . . . . . . . for the user.
8) And because the machine's so . . . . . . . . . . . . , it can make cubes of different sizes.
9) It's fairly . . . . . . . . . . . . compared with other models. The . . . . . . . . . . . . is around €320.
10) It comes with a full five-year . . . . . . . . . . . . on parts and labour.
Presenting a product
 Presenting a product
ASSIGNMENT (VIDEO)
Think of an innovative new product you would like to
launch. Prepare a short presentation about the product.
Record it on a video.
Consider its main features and benefits for the user. Use
the headings in the Useful Language to help you structure
your talk.