Listening practice - New inventions

New inventions - Video and reading

You will watch a video about the coating designed to get liquids out of bottles, and answer questions on Quizziz afterwards

The high-tech coating that makes ketchup, toothpaste and glue glide out of the container - YouTube

Multiple Choice

Why is Liquiglide useful?

• It makes ketchup look cool.

• It stops people from wasting food.

• It makes food taste better.

Multiple Choice

Liquiglide was invented in...

• India

• UK

• Ukraine

• USA

Multiple Choice

If oil pipes become plugged, it can...

• look bad

• waste oil

• cause an explosion

Multiple Choice

Who gave Professor Varanasi the idea to adopt the technology for bottles?

• His wife

• His daughter

• His friend

• His colleague

Multiple Choice

It is safe to eat food from bottles covered by this coating

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The technology can be used for other purposes such as...

• changing the flavour of ketchup

• keeping water safely away from aeroplanes

• keeping liquids in boxes instead of bottles

Go to Teams - Files - Inventions: Reading practice

Read the information and answer some questions on Quizziz!

Multiple Choice

People usually throw one quarter of hand lotion away without using it.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

They put Liquiglide on the outside of the bottle.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

Elmer's is the name of the company that will produce the coating.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

The Liquiglide technology could help reduce plastic waste.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

If they start using Liquiglide, companies will make bottle caps larger.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

In the beginning, it will cost companies more money to use the new technology.

• True

• False

• Does not say

Multiple Choice

A ketchup bottle using the new technology will be produced the year after next.

• True

• False

• Does not say

You will watch a video about indoor clouds and answer questions on Quizziz

Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde | Euromaxx - YouTube

Multiple Choice

Berndnaut Smilde is...

• an artist

• an architect

• a journalist

Multiple Choice

Berndnaut Smilde creates

• paintings

• photos

• statues

Multiple Choice

Indoor clouds stay in the room

• permanently

• for a few hours

• for a few seconds

Multiple Choice

The US magazine Time chose his clouds as...

• one of the most important inventions of 2012

• one of the most important discoveries of 2012

• one of the most important products of 2012

Multiple Choice

The artist thinks people like his work because he creates...

• nice decoration for the home

• fun clouds for parties

• a universal, timeless image

Open the webpage below! Read the article and the comments.

Indoor Clouds - Cloud Appreciation Society

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