Did Gutenberg change the world more than the internet?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. Do you prefer paper books or e-books?
2. What is the most important invention in history, in your opinion?
3. How do you find information when you need it?
4. What did someone tell you recently that surprised you?
5. Could you live without the internet for a week?
6. Which invention has changed your life most?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about books and the internet.

Choose the word that fits.

1. Before the was invented, every book was copied by hand.
2. Monks and spent months copying one book.
3. A handwritten book is called a .
4. More meant that more people could read.
5. The new technology made books for ordinary people.
6. Cheap carried new ideas across Europe.
7. Ideas began to quickly across the continent.
8. Many historians call it a in communication.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. a manuscript is a book written
   by a machinein a hurryby hand
2. literacy is the ability to
   read and writespeak many languagesdraw
3. affordable =
   not too expensivevery oldvery rare
4. to circulate = to move
   from person to personto one placevery slowly
5. a revolution is a very big
   mistakebuildingchange
6. a scribe is a person who
   taught readingcopied texts by handprinted newspapers

Use these phrases to report what people said.

• She said that...Вона сказала, що...She said that the invention was important.
• He told me that...Він сказав мені, що...He told me that books were expensive.
• They explained that...Вони пояснили, що...They explained that the press was fast.
• She mentioned that...Вона згадала, що...She mentioned that Korea had used metal type earlier.
• According to historians,...За словами істориків,...According to historians, printing spread quickly.
• He added that...Він додав, що...He added that nobody knew the exact date.
• I was told that...Мені сказали, що...I was told that the library was closed.
• It was claimed that...Стверджували, що...It was claimed that the press changed Europe.

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. Gutenberg worked in the German city of Mainz.
   TrueFalse
2. Movable type was never used before Gutenberg.
   TrueFalse
3. Printing made books more affordable.
   TrueFalse
4. The text says the internet is clearly a smaller change.
   TrueFalse
5. Historians say printing helped to spread new ideas.
   TrueFalse

1. Which change was bigger for ordinary people: printing or the internet?
2. Does fast access to information always make us wiser?
3. What problems did printing create, and what problems does the internet create?
4. What will be the next great invention in communication?

Common mistakes: told + person, said without a person, and the tense moves back. ✗ He said me → He told me. ✗ She said she will come → She said she would come.

1. "I am tired," he said. → He said that he
   iswas
   tired.
2. "We printed it last year," they said. → They said they
   printedhad printed
   it the year before.
3. "I will print more," she said. → She said she
   will printwould print
   more.
4. "I can read," he said. → He said he
   cancould
   read.
5. He
   told mesaid me
   that books were expensive.
6. She
   toldsaid
   that the press was fast.
7. "I live here." → She said she
   livedlives
   there.
8. "We have finished." → They said they
   have finishedhad finished
   .

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. He said me that he was tired. →
2. She told that she would come. →
3. He said that he is a student. →
4. They said they printed it last year. →
5. She said she will print more. →
6. He told that books were expensive. →

Answer in detail. Use reported speech: said that, told me that, explained that.

1. Tell me about something that someone told you recently.
2. What did your teacher or boss say to you last week?
3. Which invention do you think is more important: the press or the internet? Why?
4. What did you hear in the news yesterday?
5. Do you trust what you read online? Why?
6. What would you say to someone who says that books are dead?

Three people give opinions on printing and the internet. Report what each one said. Who has the strongest argument? Which view is closest to yours?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: tell what a person told you recently (reported speech).
3. Part 2: compare two inventions that changed the world.
4. Part 3: which invention you would choose and why.

1. Which do you prefer: paper books or e-books?
2. What did you read last month?
3. Where do you usually look for information?
4. What did your friend say to you yesterday?
5. Which invention could you not live without?
6. Have you ever printed a document?
7. What is the oldest book you have seen?
8. How much time do you spend online?

1. Who in your family reads a lot?
2. Who told you about an interesting book?
3. Who said something that stayed in your memory?
4. Who do you know that doesn't use the internet?
5. Who gave you your first book?
6. Who do you ask when you need information?

1. Should books be free for everyone?
2. Will paper books disappear?
3. Is it easy to find the truth today?
4. Should the internet be controlled?
5. Are we more informed today than in the past?