Alexander Fleming. Mistakes that worked

1.

Spotlight 8, module 3 c

2.

Do you know this person?
Alexander Fleming
(1881 – 1955) was a
famous Scottish
scientist.

3.

What was he famous for?
He was famous for
discovery of
penicillin in 1928. It
has helped millions
of people to recover
from illnesses.

4.

His awards
• Fleming was
awarded the Nobel
Prize in Medicine in
1945.

5.

His awards
• Fleming was a member of the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
• He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society in 1943.
• He was awarded the Hunterian
Professorship by the Royal
College of Surgeons of England.
• He was knighted as a Knight
Bachelor by king George VI in
1944.
• He was made a Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of Alfonso X
the Wise in 1948.
• In 1999 Time magazine named
Fleming one of the 100 Most
Important People of the 20th
century.

6.

Modern Antibiotics
• Modern antibiotics
are tested using a
method similar to
Fleming’s discovery.

7.

Complete the table
Infinitive
make
leave
forget
notice
see
realise
discover
know
Past Simple
made
left
Participle II
made
left
Translation
делать
оставлять
forgot
noticed
saw
forgotten
noticed
seen
забывать
заметить
видеть
realised
discovered
realised
discovered
понимать
открывать
знать
knew
known

8.

Let’s revise Past Tenses
Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect Continuous
Add some more information about them

9.

Past Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Прошедшее
действие, не
связанное с
настоящим.
Действие
происходило в
определённый
момент в прошлом.
Прошедшее
действие, которое
произошло до
другого прошедшего
действия.
Действие, которое
длилось в прошлом
и завершилось до
другого прошедшего
действия.
yesterday,
last week,
3 years ago
at 5 o’clock yesterday, by 5 o’clock
from 5 till 6 o’clock,
yesterday,
when mother came
before/after he came
V 2 V ed
was/were +
He played football
yesterday.
didn’t V
V ing
He was playing
football at 5 o’clock
yesterday.
was/were not
V ing
had +
V3 (V ed)
for 3 years before he
…,
since
had been +
V ing
He had played football He had been playing
before he did his
football for 3 hours
homework.
before he did his
homework.
hadn’t V3
(V ed)
hadn’t been
Ving

10.

Write the right form of the verb
1. A.Fleming (be) born in Scotland in 1881.
2. In 1901 he (enter) St. Mary’s Hospital to study
Medicine.
3. For many years he (search) for an effective
antiseptic.
4. At that time he (give) research on microbes.
5. One day he (notice) some mould on the bacteria
sample which (destroy) harmful bacteria.
6. A.Fleming (win) many important awards by the
time of his death.