A Pan and an Invention

10/10/2020 5:16:00 PM

A match of Ultimate Frisbee sport. Image: istockphoto.com

Do you know?

Being played in more than 42 countries, Ultimate Frisbee is a popular non-contact team sport around the world.
The main "character" of this sport is a flying disc called Frisbee.

Let's explore how this flying disc was created and named!

Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Where did Walter Morrison catch up with an idea about the plastic disc?
When were the pie pans put the name on?

Where did Walter Morrison catch up with an idea about the plastic disc?

In the baking company
At his house
On the beach

When were the pie pans put the name on?

In 1817
In the 1870s
In the year 1870

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

A Pan and an Invention

Walter Morrison would play catch on the beach. He would toss a 3.1 cake pan to his wife. Walter wanted to invent something. He wanted a thing that would fly better than the tin cake pan. He made a plastic 3.2.

What did Walter invent? He invented the Frisbee. How did the plastic disc get its name? Students used to toss empty pie 3.3 to each other. The name of the pie-baking company was on the pans they tossed. The name of the baking company was Frisbie.

The name was first put on the pie pans in the 1870s. Why was the name put on the tins? The tins could be 3.4. When someone started a 3.5, Frisbie wanted them to see his name. He wanted them to think, "It would be easier to buy one."

Read and answer the following questions.

A Pan and an Invention

Nowadays Frisbee flying discs. Image: m.made-in-china.com

Walter Morrison would play catch on the beach. He would toss a tin cake pan to his wife. Walter wanted to invent something. He wanted a thing that would fly better than the tin cake pan. He made a plastic disc.

What did Walter invent? He invented the Frisbee. How did the plastic disc get its name? Students used to toss empty pie pans to each other. The name of the pie-baking company was on the pans they tossed. The name of the baking company was Frisbie.

The name was first put on the pie pans in the 1870s. Why was the name put on the tins? The tins could be reused. When someone started a pie, Frisbie wanted them to see his name. He wanted them to think, "It would be easier to buy one."

Source: Daily Warmups 2

A disc must be in the shape of a _____

square.
circle.
triangle.
rectangle.

How is a pie plate different from what Walter invented?

A pie plate can fly better.
A pie plate can't be tossed around.
A pie plate can be used more than once.
A pie plate is not made out of plastic.

What did Frisbie hope when he put his name on his pie tins?

that people would play catch
that people would eat more pies
that people would buy more pies
that people would invent something new

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

He would toss a 7.1 cake pan to his wife.
Students used to toss empty pie 7.2 to each other.
He made a plastic 7.3.
The tins could be 7.4.
When someone started a 7.5, Frisbie wanted them to see his name.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

The dog's name was engraved on a little metal 8.1 attached to its collar.
To protect the environment, please 8.2 this carrier bag.
Put both cake 8.3 in the oven for half an hour.
The country's most valuable commodities include 8.4 and diamonds.
Would you like some more steak 8.5?