Vocabulary

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action	activity/result of action	person/device	characteristic
think	thought	thinker	thoughtful
originate	origin	originator	original
advise	advice	advisor	-
advance	advancement	advancer	advanced
analyze	analysis	analyst	analytical
graduate	graduation	(under)graduate	graduated
apply	application	applicator	applicable
operate	operation	operator	operational
govern	government	governor	governing/governmental
construct	construction	constructor	constructive
envision/visualize	vision	visionary	visible/ visionary

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adjective+noun	noun+participle I	noun+participle II	adverb+participle II	noun+adjective
general-purpose wireless communication high voltage binary digit	life-threatening error-correcting life-saving	steam-powered science-based man-made radio-controlled household	well-stocked well-disposed remotely-controlled properly-designed	lifelong worldwide brand-new

3 a) with b) on c) - d) for e) of f) –

4 to credit smb. with an invention; to receive instruction from; to prompt one’s love of smth.; a dislike for a subject; to be disappointed in the mathematical instruction; to write a remarkable deep work; to graduate with honours; inaccuracy of calculations; the method of differences; to carry our complex operations; to envisage a completely new machine/device; to recognize one’s insights; to suffer from ridicule; to revile for careless spending of public funds; to dabble in smth.; a viable model

Grammar

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1. In spite of producing unconventional answers, Turing won almost every possible mathematics prize at school.

2. Modern scientists have stated that Babbage's Analytical Engine was a viable model although the limitations of Newtonian physics prevented its realization at the time.

3. For the first time Turing was able to find someone with whom he could share his thoughts and ideas. However, his friend Morcom died in February 1930.

4. Although Edison knew he would hear his own words when experimenting with tin foil phonograph, he was astonished when they were spoken back to him.

5. Despite use of Edison’s name in the title of electric company – Edison General Electric, Edison never controlled this company.

6. With the development of gasoline powered cars electric vehicles were becoming less common. However, the Edison alkaline battery still proved to be useful.

7. Although Babbage is often credited with developing the first general-purpose computer, he never actually built any of them.

Unit 5 Follow Up Activities

1 Crossword

Across

2 spark

6 lightning

8 filament

9 telegraph

10 current

11 seismograph

15 transmitter

17 conductor

18 radio

20 dynamo

Down

1 electricity

3 receiver

4 wave

5 detector

6 laboratory

7 fluorescent

12 engine

13 phonograph

14 patent

16 transformer

19 incandescent

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