He__________in 1876.

Talk about an important invention you know.

You can use the following questions as cues:

•  What is it?

•  How does it work?

•  What do you use it for?

•  What benefits does it bring?

Useful languages:

Complete the notes:

Now you try!

Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.

1. I would like to talk about...

2. It is...

3. ... Is used for many different purposes ...

4. There are a lot of benefits brought about by ...

5. Firstly, ... Secondly, ... In addition, ...

6. In conclusion, ...             

Now you tick!

Did you ...

q answer all the questions in the task?

q give some details to each main point?

q speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?

q use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?

q use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?

q pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?

 Let’s compare!

     Television /be/ indispensable/ part/ people’s lives/ today.

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Thanks/ television, we/ be/ aware/ what/ happen/ in/ world.

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Listening to the information about Thomas Edison and choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

1. Thomas Edison was born in__________.

Watch/ TV/ help/ entertain/ when/ we/ get stressful/ after/ work/ and/ study.

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I/ spend/ two hours/ watch/ TV/ programs/ my family/ each day.

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