Inventions & Vocabulary
Translate: to invent / device
to invent — изобретать / device — устройство
Translate: yacht / lorry
yacht — яхта / lorry — грузовик
The car ___ (make) in Japan.
is made
The house ___ (clean) now.
is being cleaned
She ___ been studying for two hours.
has
Edison ___ the light bulb. (invent / inspiration)
Edison invented the light bulb.
Which transport goes:
in the air → ___
on water → ___
in the air: helicopter / hot-air balloon;
on water: yacht / barge;
Change to passive:
People invent new devices.
New devices are invented (by people).
Change to passive (present continuous):
They are building a bridge.
A bridge is being built.
Choose the correct sentence:
He has worked since 9 o’clock.
He has been working since 9 o’clock.
He has been working since 9 o’clock.
to design → ___
to build → ___
to design → make a plan;
to build → put parts together
People travel under the sea in a __________.
submarine
Choose the correct sentence:
The phone was invented in 2007.
The phone invented in 2007.
The phone was invented in 2007.
Name the tense:
The experiment is being done now.
Present Continuous Passive
When do we use Present Perfect Continuous?
We use it for actions that started in the past and continue now.
An invention is created because of __________.
inspiration
Odd one out and explain:
helicopter – hot-air balloon – submarine – motorbike
submarine (it doesn’t fly or go on land)
Change to passive:
Scientists discovered a new device.
A new device was discovered (by scientists).
Find and correct the mistake:
The device is inventing now.
The device is being invented now.
Make a sentence using for or since.
Example: I have been studying for two hours.
Make a sentence using experiment or discover.
Scientists do experiments to discover new things.
Make a sentence using two transport words.
I travel by coach and motorbike.
Make your own passive sentence about an invention.
Example: The computer was designed by engineers.
Make a sentence in present continuous passive:
something / design / now
Example: A new house is being designed now.
Explain the difference:
I am building it. I have been building it.
I am building it. → action happening now.
I have been building it. → started in the past and continues now.