- •3.1 Module 3 electricity
- •2 Which natural phenomenon on the list do you think inspired each of the following inventions?
- •4 Work in pairs. Imagine that you are at home. What common electrical appliances do you normally use?
- •5 Match the words to the definitions.
- •6 Write the noun form of the verbs.
- •7 Choose the correct alternative.
- •8 Read the article about the history of electricity. Which of the following facts are not mentioned?
- •9 Read the article again. Are the statements true (t), false (f) or is the information not given (ng)?
- •11 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions on the history of electricity.
- •13 Choose the correct alternative.
- •14 Look at the examples and complete the rules. Write for or since.
- •17 Complete the sentences.
- •Read the article about the famous inventor Nikola Tesla.
- •19 Match meanings 1-8 with the words and phrases in bold from the text in Exercise 18
- •23 Match beginnings 1-5 with endings a)-e) to make definitions.
- •28 Take it in turns to tell your stories to the class. Listen carefully to your classmate’s stories
- •31 Answer these questions.
- •34 Work in pairs. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power energy generation
- •36 Match the words with the definitions.
- •37 Complete the sentences with the words from Exercise 37 in the correct form.
- •38 Read the quiz compiled by National Geographic below.
- •40 Choose the correct alternative.
- •41 There is one extra word in each of these sentences.
- •42 Put the words in the correct order to make questions
- •43 Complete the conversations with the present perfect or
- •44 Put these words in the correct column.
- •3.4 Look at this fascinating picture. Would you like to have the opportunity to drive that futuristic car?
- •46 Match the words 1-8 with the meanings a)-h)
- •47 Read the information. Did you mention these ideas in your previous discussion?
- •48 Complete the sentences with the words below in the correct form.
- •50 Are these statements true (t) or false (f)?
- •51 Use the future perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
- •52 Complete the sentences with the future perfect, future simple or future continuous form of the
- •Verbs in brackets.
- •53 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •55 English speakers use ‘by the time’ to express a future event
- •58 Complete the information with the words fun and funny
- •60 Conduct a survey in your class. Ask and answer the questions.
- •61 Read the information and compare it with your answers.
- •62 Think of a funny joke and tell it to the rest of your group.
- •63 Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences to make quotes.
- •64 Look at this prompts and write the correct definition of electricity
- •65 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct perfect tense (active or passive) to get a famous saying.
19 Match meanings 1-8 with the words and phrases in bold from the text in Exercise 18
1 something newly designed or created ________________________________
2 a device, machine, or piece of equipment,
especially an electrical one, that is used in
the home _________________________________
3 asynchronous motor _________________________________
4 an electric current that flows in one
direction only (abb. DC) _________________________________
5 a form of electricity that regularly
changes direction as it flows, and that is
the form of electricity used in homes and
buildings (abb. AC) _________________________________
6 a change in something that makes it
better than it was before _________________________________
7 progress or a development in a
particular activity or area of understanding _________________________________
8 not needing wires to make a connection
or to communicate __________________________________
20 Work in pairs. Use the words from Exercise 19 to complete the gaps.
1They have a plan to link 9,700 office buildings to the Net via a high –speed _________ network.
2 The ____________ of the pressure cooker provided a method for cooking quickly.
3 We made some _______________ to the house before selling it.
4 We live in an age of rapid technological ___________
5 There are various _______ ______e.g cooker, microwave, toaster, washing machine, vacuum cleaner etc.
6 Where did Nikola Tesla invent the _______ _______?
7 ______ _______ began to become more popular in 1886 due to its ability to be transmitted long distances
over relatively small wires with minimal losses.
8______ _______ could only be transmitted a mile or two.
21 Watch the video. “Did Nikola Tesla Invent Free Energy?” Then work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1 Could it be that Nikola Tesla did invent free energy?
2 Why did J.P. Morgan decide to withdraw his support from Tesla’s projects?
3 What current inventions based on Tesla’s ideas do we use today?
Work in pairs. Complete extracts 1-8 from the video.
1 Serbian-born engineer Nikola Tesla was a ________________. His work on ___________, ________.
____________ and many other mass-market inventions revolutionized the twentieth century.
2 Some believed that Tesla’s free energy inventions were actually suppressed by___________________.
3 In the nineteenth century Tesla hypothesized that electrical power could be generated using__________.
4 Tesla had already demonstrated that power could be transferred __________.
5 Tesla envisaged a global network of high-voltage towers which would provide ____________________.
6 In fact two Russian scientists are currently raising funds to bring Tesla’s _________________________.
7 They plan to use solar panels on an upgraded Tesla Tower to___________________________________.
8 Fossil fuels remain ________________ and continue to generate ________________________________.
22 Work in small groups. Match the inventions with the prominent scientists who have impacted
Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
alternating current, remote control, phonograph, movie camera, diamagnetism,
wireless telegraphy, electricity distribution, carbon microphone, electromagnetic
induction, electrolysis, induction motor, the distribution of charge on surfaces,
the law of electrical and magnetic force.
1 Nikola Tesla ________________ 2 Thomas Edison ______________
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3 Michael Faraday ________________ 4 Charles de Coulomb _______________
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