(Worksheet)

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O EXPRESSING CONTRAST AND OPPOSITION :
a- Take a look at this example . Identify the connecting word
expressing contrast / opposition .
I have 422 friends, yet I am lonely.
b- Rephrase the sentence sing although / even though/ even i !
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c- "onnect both sentences below so as to express contrast /
opposition.
a- I speak to all my online
friends !.
!. none of them really know me.
b- The short #lm slates social
media !..
! it has become viral on $oTbe.
c- %e live in a connected
age and in a world of
!. we are more disconnected than
ever.
mass connection !
d- %e call this &social'
media !
! when we open or compters it(s
or doors we sht)
e- %e are part of *eneration
&$'!
!.we have become a generation of &
idiots, smartphones and dmb people')
f- Technophiles have
mastered technology ...
! they have become slaves to social
media.
g- +ocial media gives s a
sense of belonging to an
online commnity !
!the world we live in has become
nsocial.
h- Teens have hndreds of
online friends!
! they live in a world of isolation in
which loneliness has become a social
evil.
i- %e keep sharing photos,
experiences and pdating
or pro#les !.
! we don(t even know if anyone is
listening.
O EXPRESSING CONTRAST AND OPPOSITION :
a- Take a look at this example . ,nderline the words
expressing contrast and emphasi-ing the &spiral of silence'.
The more friends yo have online, the less yo speak to
them and the more isolated yo feel.
b- .ill in the sentences below sing ( the more / the adj-er
/ the less / the fewer ) so as to express contrast
C !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. facebook friends yo have ,
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nhappy yo probaly are.
C !!!!!!!!!!!!!! time we spend on social media ,
!!!!!!!!!!!isolated we become.
C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. experiences yo share online ,
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! /happy0 yo probaly feel.
C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. time yo spend gled to yo(re yor
compter screens and smartphones , !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
time yo waste in real life.
C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. caght in the net we get ,
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! time we spend with family and friends.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. grop messages teenagers send ,
!!!!!!!!!!!!! friends they get .
C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. online friends we talk to ,
!!!!!!!!!!!! face-to-face friends we have .
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. we look down at or smartphones ,
!!!!!!!!!!! addicted to electronic devices we become .
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. yo stare at yor contact list or
pdates , !!!!!!!!!!! yo talk to people in the real world.
1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.. hooked to social media teens are,
!!!!!!!!!!!nsocial and reclse they become.