ABOUT THIS BLOG

Our main goal is that our students know people who have succeeded in life through his creativity and inventiveness, while learning when to use the past simple, when you have to put a / an, and which are the WH questions.

This blog is for children in the 6th grade of primary school because there are complex writing exercises and it begins to introduce the simple past.

In this blog we try to work the listening skills, reading skills, writing skills and oral skills. 

WELLCOME

Wellcome to the wonderful world of inventions!!

In this blog you will find lots of activities to learn more about inventions and their inventors.

The blog is divided into 6 parts full of activities, games and information :
1. Vocabulary
2. Grammar
3. Listening activities
4. Reading activities
5. Writing activities
6. Speaking activities

The purpose of this unit is to introduce:- The past simple: regular and irregular
- The uses of a / an
- The usefulness of "wh" questions : what, when, where, who, which, how, how much and how many.

We hope you enjoy this unit, as it has been created to help people learn English in a fun and entertaining way.

VOCABULARY

INVENTIONS AND DISCOBERIES VOCABULARY

Here you will find some activities related to the vocabulary that you will work in this unit.

Vocabulary Activities

GRAMMAR

This section contains all the theory related to inventions.

There are three main concepts that we will have to learn here:

Past Simple

We use the Simple Past to to talk about actions done in the past. With the past Simple, we express that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes the time of the action is not specified.

* There are two ways to change the Past Simple verbs:

Regular verbs: 

The verbs are ended in -ed.

Examples 

play-played

stay-stayed

invent-invented 

Irregular verbs: 

The form in the past of these verbs is a bit different than the form in the present.

Examples

see-saw

have-had

be-was/were

 

Here's a list of irregular verbs that you should learn by heart.

Past Simple activities 

Use of a/an

We use a/an with singular contable nouns.

- a is used before a noun that starts with a consonant

Example

I bought a car

- an is used before a noun that starts with a vowel 

Example

I ate an apple

 a/an activities

WH  Question Words

The wh question words are used to formulate questions. In this unit we will study 7 of them:

What? --> Qué?

Where? --> on?

When? --> quan?

How? --> com?

who? --> qui?

why? --> perquè?

which? --> quin/a?

Question words activities

READING

Read the text about W.A. Mozart and answer the questions.

 

READING

Wolfang Amadeus Mozart was born the 27^th of January of 1756. He was an important musician of the Classical era. He composed about 600 works: symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic an choral music.

Mozart was a prodigious child in Salzburg (Austria). He was a piano and violin player and he composed when he was five. When he was 17, he was the court musician in Salzburg. He travelled a lot!

His most important compositions are: The 40^th Symphony, the Alegro, the Requiem and some operas like Cosi Fan Tutte (1790), the Marriage of Figaro (1786) and the Magic Flute (1791).

Mozart fell ill in Prague. He died the 5^th of December of 1791 at the age of 35.

Reading Activities

LISTENING

INVENTIONS AND THEIR INVENTORS

Going on with the unit, the listening activities are related to the inventors and their inventions.

You have to listen the text and complete the chart with all the information.

LISTENING ACTIVITIES

WRITING & SPEAKING

ACTIVITY 1 (writing)

Which is your favourite invention?

 

Look for information in the internet about your favourite invention. Then write down a small text answering these questions:

1) Which is your favourite invention?

2) Why?

3) Who invented it?

4) When it was invented?

5) Where it was invented?

6) Why it was invented?

 --> Add a photograph of your favourite invention.

ACTIVITY 2 (writing and speaking)

Let's invent!!

Now is the time to let your imagination fly and create your invention

Write down a text explaining:

1) What is it?

2) What is it used for?

3) Why you have invented that?

Then Upload an audio or a video of you presenting the invention you have created. 

* Imagine that you are trying to sell the product!!

ACTIVITY 3 (writing and speaking)

What do you want to be in the future?

 W.A.Mozart knew since he was a child that he wanted to be in the future a musician.

As an introduction to the next unit, related with the future, write down a composition about what you want to be in the future and why.

*You can use this form:

In the future I want to be a/an ________________, because....

Then upload the audio or the video explaining what do you want to be in the future!