Prime Time 4, Coursebook

The good, the bad, the weird The best and worst inventions of all time a) With a partner decide which of the inventions in the green box are five of the best and worst of all time. Use the table below for your lists. One invention should be on both lists. best inventions survey worst inventions survey b) Choose three inventions from both lists and say why they are some of the best or worst inventions. Use the sentence builder and write your reasons in your exercise book. If … hadn’t been invented, • If … had never invented …, • If nobody had ever invented …, • If … hadn’t been produced, there would never have been … • nobody would have … • I would (not) have … e-mails and blogs • that much ocean pollution • travel to school in a green way • watch the moon landing • horrible attacks • talk to grandpa • read until ten • waste of energy • take a selfie this morning • last week • yesterday • last night • many years ago • in 1969 • in the Second World War • last year If Karl von Drais hadn’t invented the bicycle, I would have been late for school this morning. c) Read the example sentence in b) and tick the correct statements. Karl von Drais invented the bicycle. I was late for school this morning. The if-part of the sentences is about an imagined event in the present. The other part of the sentence is about an imagined result or activity in the past. d) Now listen and find out if your list is the same as the one in the survey. Make a tick next to the inventions to mark that you agree. Make a cross to mark that you disagree. 2668zh 6 internet • bicycle • television • landmines • mobile phones • light bulb • nuclear bomb • telephone • plastic bags Info In 2014 a survey was made in Britain to find out what the people thought were the best and worst inventions of all time. i 2.16 wj7w26 108 13 Unit Incredible inventions one hundred and eight Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv