How Edison made history – Past Simple in action

VOCABULARY AND READING

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.

Students then 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.

GRAMMAR AND DISCUSSION

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

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.

HOMEWORK / REVISION

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.