How Edison made history – Past Simple in action

🕰 Past Simple

💡 Inventions

🧪 Science & Technology

Inventions and Science Vocabulary

The lesson begins with a thought-provoking warm-up and introduces students to vocabulary around invention, science, and discovery (e.g. inventor, scientist, idea, light). Through matching, audio, and speaking, learners explore the world of inventors and their impact.

Reading: Thomas Edison and the Light Bulb

Students read and listen to a short article about Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb, learning how to extract key facts from texts and identify important achievements.

Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs

The grammar section focuses on the Past Simple tense, including regular and irregular verbs. Students practise building affirmative, negative, and question forms, completing exercises that reinforce tense structure and usage in context.

Speaking and Writing: Talking About the Past

Through guided questions and prompts, students reflect on past experiences and inventions, using Past Simple to describe what happened and why it mattered. They engage in both oral and written production to build fluency.

Interactive Homework: Famous Inventors

Learners complete listening tasks about other famous inventors (e.g. Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers) and practise choosing the correct past tense forms. A True/False task and multiple-choice questions round out the homework section.