Ted ED Time: The History & Future of Everything

Dive into the history and future of time with Ted ED! Learn about time, vocabulary, and critical thinking.

Does time pass slowly or quickly for you? Explain why. A quick warm up, before watching the video. Let's discuss these questions together. If you could manipulate time, would you rather reverse or speed it up? If time travel were possible, which time period would you like to return to? How far into the future would you like to travel? What would you like to see? Would you like to travel into space? Why not? Time: The History Future of Everything Now please watch the video (enable english subtitles) and try to complete exercises below. Which of the devastating world events could result in nuclear disaster? World War II Cold War World War I Which of these events advanced humanity? 9 Attacks Syrian Civil War Moon Landing Which piece of technology was invented in the 20th century? The steam engine Light Bulb The Internet In which year was the currently oldest living person on Earth born? In 1896 In 1886 In 1869 In which century did Columbus discover America? In 19th century In 15th century In 16th century In what span of time did The Black Plague kill every third European? In 2 years In 9 years In 6 years When did humans begin to write things down? Around 8000 years ago Around 5000 years ago Around 7000 years ago Which animals came after insects? Fish and other small creatures Reptiles Mammals According to the evidence, when did life begin? 4.1 billion years ago 3.1 billion years ago 6.1 billion years ago What will mark the end of life in the Solar System? Death of the Earth Death of the human race Death of the Sun What will be the final stage of the Universe? Death of the Sun Heat Death The evaporation of the black holes It's high time... for some grammar! Phrasal Verbs Collocations What do these phrasal verbs and collocations mean?1. In time2. It's (High) time3. On time4. Hurry up!5. To kill time6. To waste time Complete each sentence with the right verb or collocation from the previous exercise. Watch out! Sometimes you may need to change the form of the verb. 1. Please get home in time to cook dinner.2. It's high time you went to bed. You'll have to get up early tomorrow.3. I hope the train will be on time.4. If we hurry up, we’ll be there before the others.5. Stop wasting my time!6. We had more than four hours to wait before our transfer flight out of Rome to Tokyo, so we killed time playing Uno and other card games. Idioms connected with time. Match each idiom with it's definition. All in good time When the time is right Better late than never What counts is the final outcome Take your time No need to hurry Time after time/ time and time again Very often On the spur of the moment Impulsively Against the clock In a great hurry to get sth done In no time Very quickly/ very soon