Unit 18 B

Vocabulary Inventions and Discoveries

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It's not a/an __________________ watch. It's got hands. If you play this CD player on __________________ volume, you'll go deaf! It's not a/an ____________________ experiment. In fact, it's really simple. Are leather chairs more comfortable than ________________ ones? There aren't any windows in the laboratory, so all the light is _________________. Was it a/an ________________ decision, or had you thought about it for a long time? The lights are __________________; they come on when you enter the room and go off when you leave. Each person's fingerprints are ________________. No two people have the same fingerprints. The ________________ number of patients necessary to test the new drug is fifty. Any less than that and the scientists won't know if it works properly or not. I can't remember the _______________ year it was discovered, but it was around 1976. Choose the correct word. Do you know who (invented / discovered) the planet Mars? The number of people dying of malaria has (run / decreased) enormously over the last 100 years. You need at least three people to (operate / estimate) this machine safely. Modern (technology / equipment) makes all our lives easier. We've done a lot of (research / experiment) into why people are scared of spiders. I'm using a computer (research / program) that translates from English into Greek. This drug seems to have no (effect / lack) on humans at all. The experiment just (involves / operates) answering a few questions. Could you (program / estimate) how many times a week you eat cheese? Do you think anyone will ever (invent / discover) a time machine? Professor Reinhart (decreases / runs) the computer lab with her three assistants. There's (a lack / an effect) of phones in this office. We need some more!

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Phrasal Verbs

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I _____ across this book about the moon in the library. It's really interesting! a) went b) came c) found d) looked Jenny pulled _____ the handle so we can't open the cupboard now. a) off b) in c) away d) over I'd like to find _____ more about being a computer programmer. a) across b) off c) up Our car has broken _____ again. a) off b) down c) out d) out d) in

Dean was late for physics so he _____ up a story about being attacked by a cat! a) took b) wrote c) created d) made _____ the TV off. This show is boring. a) Put b) Set c) Turn d) Make

I'm going to throw these old shoes _____. I never wear them any more. a) off b) away c) down d) back I turned _____ the tap but no water came out. a) over b) up c) round Prepositional phrases. end Complete using the words in the box. future last opinion order d) on

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These toilets have been out of ______________ for a week now. When are they going to fix them? In my ______________, humans will never live on other planets. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin by _______________. He didn't expect to find it at all. I wonder what new technology will be invented in the ______________. Helen couldn't get the experiment to work for ages, but in the _______________ it was fine. It's so nice to have my own computer at _______________. Little Tommy took a drink, But he will drink no more, For what he thought was H2O, Was H2SO4.

Match to make sentences. 1 2 3 4 5 6 What's the difference This box is full This resulted Connect this cable I've had an idea Could you fill this bottle ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a) in us having to call the fire brigade. b) to that piece of equipment over there. c) about how to do this experiment. d) between H2O and H2SO4. e) with water? f) of old camping equipment.