Prime Time 4, Workbook

Tech savvy or tech slaves? Language in use: Amazing Ada a) Complete the sentences which people in Ada’s life could have said. 1. “If Ada continues to study hard, she as moody as her father.” 2. “If I back to England, I would probably meet my daughter.” 3. “If I didn’t have to lie still for so long, I would have so much more fun.” 4. “If we can create the right codes, the machine with letters, symbols and numbers.” 5. “If Ada stopped taking the medicine, she herself again.” b) Who could have said these sentences? 1. Lady Anne Byron 2. 3. 4. 5. c) Read the sentences about Ada below. Imagine what would have made Ada happy or sad if her life had been different. Write sentences under the right heading 1. or 2.. Use conditional 3. 4 have be go not become work Charles Babbage’s machine Her mother was very strict 1 . She created new codes for Babbage’s machine. She didn’t know her father. She didn’t stop gambling. She had to take medicine. She married the Earl of Lovelace. She was allowed to study science. She worked with Charles Babbage. 1 strict – streng 1. She would have been happy if … 2. She would have been sad if … … she had known her father. 76 13 Unit Incredible inventions seventy-six Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv