Prime Time 4, Coursebook

If I were an inventor … a) Imagine you and your partner are taking part in a contest looking for inventions that make people’s lives easier. Tick one characteristic from each category. Where the invention would be used Who the invention would be for A special characteristic the invention would have on the bus in outer space in an outdoor pool at home for firefighters for a teacher for siblings for your grandma you must be able to hide it your mum or dad must hate it it must have wheels it must have the shape of a triangle b) With your partner, imagine some details of your invention and complete the table. Name of our invention: Its particular function: Materials used: A slogan for our invention: A drawing of our invention: c) Complete these sentences about your invention. Write in your exercise book. 1. If we really were inventors, we would … 2. If we could use all the money in the world to build our invention, we would … 3. If we had only very little money for building our invention, it would … 4. We would buy our own invention if … 5. The world would be a better place if our invention … d) Present your invention in class. Mention some of the ideas you collected earlier. 1 i8m8qm If we were inventors, we would … Incredible inventions New things • Famous inventions • Idiomatic language • Conditional clauses • Ada Lovelace’s life • Dystopian stories • Chindogu inventions Unit 13 103 one hundred and three Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv