Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4.4 - Inventions for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Read about an online survey and then read a post by a commenter. What is the survey about and what does the person think of it?

Answer

  • The survey is about the top ten inventions in history.
  • The commenter thinks the list includes important inventions, but also some strange choices (e.g. language and electricity aren't inventions).
  • He's surprised the toilet and printing press aren't on the list.
  • He's amazed the iPhone is on the list.