Light BulbLight Bulb

The electric light bulb was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison

Telephone Telephone

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Graham Bell

RadioRadio

The first radio signal was sent in 1895 by an Italian inventor.

TelevisionTelevision

The first TV device was invented in 1884 by Paul Nipkow.

Cell phonesCell phones

The first mobile phones were created by Motorola Company

The wheelThe wheel

Wheels were made to simplify people’s life.

Cameras Cameras

The first picture was taken in 1826.

Computers Computers

The computer was invented by many scientists and engineers

Their ideas were developed in the 1930s and 1940s and then were turned into working machines.

Internet Internet

Bill Gates said: “ In few years computers of the whole world will be connected into one net.

This web page was created by two students, Larry and Sergey.

Passive VoicePassive Voice Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action

Mary writes a letter.

A letter is written by Mary.

Active

Passive

Mary wrote a letter

A letter was written by Mary.

Simple Present

Simple Past

Active

Passive

Be (Present ) + verb (Past Participle) am/ is /are

Be (past) + verb (Past Participle) was/ were

SUBJECT OBJECT

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Did you know..?

• Text-messaging (1) ……………………………………. by the Finnish company Nokia. Thay wanted to help Finnish teenagaers, who were very shy. They found it easier to text their friends tan to call them.

• The first bikini (2) ……………………………………. By two French men. It (3) ……………………………………. after ‘Bikini Atoll’, the island where the atomic bomb was first tested. The french men thought that the bikini would have a similar effect on men as a bomb exploding.

• Although penicillin (4) ……………………………………. by Alexander Fleming, he didn’t know how to make it into a medicine. It (5) ……………… first……………………. Into a medicine 10 years later, by Australian scientist Howard Florey.

• Spiders (6) ……………………………………. as a cure for toothaches in the 17th century. People used them as a paste and then put them on the bad tooth.

• Sherlock Holmes, the great detective, (7) ……………………………………. by writer Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes (8) ……………………………………. on a real person – Doule’s teacher at medical school, who was famous for saying to his students, “What can you tell me by just observing the patient?”

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was designedwas named

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