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Answer the following questions.
Reading 1. Which of the inventions is the most popular?
2. Why don’t many people use the personal hover
Look at the pictures below. What do you think scooter?
is the connection between them?
3. Which transport does the writer think is strange?
4. Which transport is eco-friendly?

Speaking
Study Skill: Opinion signal words

believe will/will not
possibly
think probably
in my opinion
maybe

Read the text again. Which statements are
facts? Which are the writer’s opinion?
Read the text below and fi nd the names of
Put them into the Facts or Opinions boxes.
the transport inventions.
1. It travels at around 30 kph.
There have been many interesting transport 2. Maybe that’s because it’s too expensive.
inventions. Some become popular, but
others flop! 3. In my opinion it’s too hard to park!
4. It has one major problem – it can fall over very easily.
The personal hover scooter floats above
the ground. It travels at around 30 kph. 5. I also think it looks rather weird.
But it isn’t popular. Maybe that’s because 6. The driver pulls the handle to go back or pushes
it’s too expensive. Personally, I think it’s too it to go forward.
hard to park!
Facts Opinions
The monowheel is a single-wheel bike. The
driver sits inside the wheel and pedals to go
forward. It has one major problem – it can fall
over very easily. I think it looks rather weird.
The Segway is a success. It’s a two-wheeled
vehicle. The driver pulls the handle to go
back or pushes it to go forward. It’s not as
popular as the inventors hoped, but you
might see one in an airport, or park. I guess
it is a convenient, green way to travel.
Which new inventions will we use in the
future? Which ones won’t we use? It’s hard Now in pairs, talk about the transport below.
to know! Use a mix of facts and opinions.

Fact File
Can you fi nd words in the text to
Name: Sinclair C5
match the defi nitions below?
Description: Three wheels;
1. a new creation small; electric power
2. not to become popular Why fl opped: bad in rain/
3. strange or unusual cold weather; slow; not safe

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