-Do all the activities on pages 78, 79, 80 and 81 of the student's book.

When it says
"speaking" or "talking about you", you can either write something or send me a
recording.

PAGE 78: STARTER

1.Look at the public notice. Where might find you them?

The first can be found in a Latin American clothing store so that foreigners can
communicate fluently. The second can be found inside an airplane. And the last one can
be found in a train or subway station

2.Underline the past participles in the notices. Which is regular? Which are irregular?

Spoke = Irregular | Switched= regular | Sold= irregular

PAGE 78: THE MOBILE PHONE: PASSIVES

1.What is the mobile phone called in your country? What is it called in American
English? Do you always have yours with you? When do you switch off?

In my country the cell phone is called Telefono Celular and in American English
cellphone is called cell-phone. I always have my cell phone with me and I turn it off
to go to sleep

2. Read the introduction A phone call that changed the world. Answer the questions.

a. Who made the first mobile phone call?

Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call

b. When and where did he make it?

Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call in New York city on April 3, 1973.

c.How was the phone different from mobiles today?

That cell phones used to be like a brick and the battery lasted only thirty-six
minutes
3. Read and listen to the Fact File. Correct the false information in these sentences

a. 30 millon phones are sold worlide in UK every year

b. The first message was sent in the 1990s 1989

c. Smartphones Camera phones have been sold since 2002

d. Apple’s iphone now has over millón 500 millon apps

e. The most expensive phone costs £6000 £6 millon

f. We throw away nearly millón 100 millon mobile phones a year

PAGE 79: GRAMMAR SPOT

1.Many verbs from in the text are in the passive

Mobile phones are owned by almost 6 billon people

The first mobile phone calls was made in 1973

How do we make passive forms?

Subject + "to be" (conjugate) + "past participle" + rest of the sentence

2. Read the text again. Write the passive verbs forms in the chart

Present simple Past Simple Present Perfect will future

Are sold Was sold Have been sold Will be sold

PAGE 79: ACTIVE TO PASSIVE

4. Read the text again. How are these verbs expresed in the passive?
a. Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call in 1973
In passive voice the verb will be: was made

b. Almost six billon people worldwide own mobile phones.

In passive voice the verb will be: is owned

c. Shops in the UK sell 30 millon phones every year.

In passive voice the verb will be: is sold

d. They have sold camera phones since 2002

In passive voice the verb will be: have been sold

e. Engineers have added a lot of amazing features

In passive voice the verb will be: have been added

f. The decorate the Goldstriker phone with over 550 diamonds

In passive voice the verb will be: is decorated

g. We throw away 100 millon mobile phones every year.

In passive voice the verb will be: is threw

h. Some people believe that mobile phones will eventuly replace all landline
phones
In passive voice the verb will be: will be eventuly replaced

5. What can do on your mobile phone? What do you think they will be used for in the
future?

On my cell phone I can do many things, since read books (in PDF format) or
chatting with people from all over the world through social networks until play
video games. I think that in the future with cell phones we will be able to see
holograms of the person with whom we chat
PAGE 80: INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

1. Work with partner. Look at the list of inventions. Wich is te oldest? Wich is the
newest? Match them with the dates

I think the oldest invention is paper, and the newest the personal computer (PC)

Telephone 105 AD

The printing press 1440

Paper 1876

The ballpoint pen 1901

The personal computer 1924

Television 1938

Radio 1976

Listen and check.Why nationality were the inventros? What were their Jobs?

The paper was invented in Chinese government

The printing press was invented in Germany

The telephone was invented inAmerica (USA)

The radio was invented in Italy

The televisión was invented in Scotland

The ball point pen was invented in Hungary

The Personal Computer was invented inAmerica (USA)

2. Which inventions do you think are most important? Why?

Order them 1-7 (1=most important). Discuss your ideas as a class

1.Paper
because it marked a before and after in the transmission of information between
people

2. Personal Computer
because it caused a revolution in the technology of that time

3. Telephone
because it changed the way people communicate

4.Radio
because it was one of the first entertainment media to be created

5.Ball-point pen
because it changed the way of writing

6.The printing press

because with this the first periodic articles were created

7.Television
because it marked a before and after in entertainment
3.Read All things online! Complete the sentences with the correct passive form.
Which numbers and dates do you think are correct? I think that all the dates are
correct

are answered
Was invented
Have been sold

Have been sold

Was sent

Has been translated

Was founded

4. Make questions about the information in exercise 3. Ask and answer them with a
partner.

1.How many email are sent every year? Over 90 trillion

2.How many questions are answered by Google every day? Over 5.5 billion

3. When was invented eBay? Who was invented by? Was invented in 1995 by Pierre
Omydiar
4. How many ítems was sold on Ebay since it began? Nearly 5 billion

5. How many films are posted on Youtube every week? 60.000 new video films

6.When was first message was sent? Who was sent by? In 2006 by Jack Dorsey

7. How many languages has Facebook been translated into? 76. And there’ll be
mrore

8. When was Amazon.com founded? Who was it founded by? Was founded in 1994
by Jeff Besoz

PAGE 81: WORDS THAT GO TOGETHER

1.Listen to the compound nouns. Which word is stressed? Practise them.

The stressed word is "bussinesman"

2.Work with a partner. How many compound nouns can you make from theses lists?
Use your dictionary to help

-business deal
-business card
-business news
-computer games
-computer program
-computer virus
-phone call
-phone number
-phone card
-radio news
-radio program
-radio wave
-website
-laptop

3. In each box below, one noun does not go with the verb. Wich one?
4. Choose a noun from each group and write a sentence us ing the verb. Read your
sentences to the class.

-Yesterday i sent a text message to my brother

-in the future I will start a business

-i have to make my housework now

-I forgot to do my howork

- I’m taking a notes about the subject

- I play games everyday

5.Complete the sentences with an adjective formed with well-or badly-and a past
participle from the box.

1.She has a wonderful job. She's very well-paid

2. I didn't enjoy that novel. It was really badly-written

3. You don't need to spend a lot of money on clothes to look well-dressed

4. Our office is really well-equipped . We have all the latest machines.

5. I hope their children don't come. They're so badly-behaved

6. Can I have my steak very well-done, please? I don't like it rare.

7. Surely you've heard of Elizabeth Taylor. She was really well-known

6. Ask and answer these questions with your partner

1. Do you ever play computer games? Which ones?

Yes, i have played Fortnite since 2019

2 Which websites do you visit most often?

i visit google and youtube everyday

3 Do you send a lot of text messages? How many per day?

Yes, I don’t know exactly but at least 100 a day

4 Who does the most housework in your home?

My mom

5 What size shoes do you take?

In Argentina I wear size 45

6 How do you like your steak?

I like it well-cooked

7 Is your school well-equipped?

Yes, I don’t complain.