This is one of my favorite animated movies ever. The original idea for the movie is fantastic and it carries a noble, enriching message. I used it to practice restrictive relative clauses.
I. Match the machines Flint Lockwood invented with what they can or can't do.
1. Spray-on shoes
2. Remote control television
3. Hair un-balder
4. Flying car
5. Monkey thought translator
6. Ratbirds
7. A machine
( ) It translate thoughts
( ) it turns water into food
( ) It can't fly
( ) they can fly
( ) it can walk
( ) they don't get off
( ) it grows too much hair
II. Now combine both parts, using restrictive relative clauses. Start the sentences with the given sentence:
He invented...
Ex: 1. He invented spray-on shoes that don't get off.
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III. Work in small groups. Think about 3 perfect inventions. Then write a relative clause saying what it can do.
Ex: We are going to invent a machine that can do the homework for us.
