C omplet e t he mini-dialogues wit h t he words

and expressions below.

 device  delet e  up-t o-dat e  out -of -dat e 
 downloaded  go online  do a search 
 user-f riendly  st ore inf ormat ion  apps

1. A : What ’s t his lit t le _______________________________?

B: I t ’s a memor y st ic k f or t he c ompu t er. I use it t o __________________________________.

2. A : I ’m af r aid t hat t he inf or mat ion in t his book abou t Finland is ______________________________.
B: T hat ’s O K . L et ’s __________________________ and _________________________ t o look up t he lat est
inf or mat ion.

3. A : O h, no! I ________________________ t he wr ong ____________________. I don’t want t hese games.

B: N o pr oblem. I t ’s easy t o ______________________________ t hem.

4. A : I r eally want a new mp4 player. I got mine t hr ee year s ago. I t ’s not ____________________________.
B: But it st ill wor ks ver y well. A nyway, I t hink t he older ones ar e mor e __________________ t han t he
newer models.

M at ch each quot e in A t o
t he act ivit y in B.

A
C hoose t he sent ence t hat best f ollows each f irst
sent ence. Pay at t ent ion t o t he words in bold. 1. “I ’ll see if M ic helle c alled
while I was having a shower ”.

1. T his keyboar d uses wireless t echnology. 2. “I want my f r iends t o see my

a. I t has t o be c onnect ed t o my c omput er. holiday phot os”.
b. I don’t have t o sit at my compu t er d esk. 3. “To day’s my bir t hday!”
2. H e helped develop t he c ompany’s lat est mobile phones. 4. “I t hink you’r e r ight . Teens
a. H e was par t of t he t eam t hat c r eat ed t hem. spend t oo muc h t ime on
b. H e sold many of t hem in t he c ompany’s shop. Fac ebook”.
3. M y mum bought a new gadget t oday. 5. “J ohn and I send e-mails t o
a. We c an make f r esh or ange ju ic e wit h it . eac h ot her a f ew t imes a
b. I ’m glad we f inally have an H D t elevision. week”.
4. H is blog post went viral.
a. I t mad e people’s comput er s cr ash. B
b. I t bec ame popular ver y quickly.
_____ a. post ing a c omment
5. I solved a problem u sing t he I nt er net .
_____ b. keeping in t ouc h
a. I f ound t he solu t ion online.
b. T he I nt er net doesn’t wor k now. _____ c . c hec king messages
6. Please save t his e-mail. _____ d. post ing an updat e
a. I never want t o see it again.
b. I t ’s ver y impor t ant . _____ e. uploading pic s
 C omplet e t he t ext wit h t he words and expressions below.
 post updat es  solve a problem  post comment s 
 caught on  uploaded phot os  went online  account s 
 check messages  social net working sit es  kept in t ouch 

I n 2006, Fac ebook became available t o anyone 13 year s old and u p. I t 1. _____________________________

ver y quic kly all over t he wor ld, espec ially among t eenager s. Whenever t hey 2. _________________________,

t hey t ook t he t ime t o 3. _____________________________ on t heir lives and t o 4. _________________________

f r om f r iends. T hey also 5. ______________________________ and visit ed t heir f r iends’ Facebook pages in

or der t o 6. _________________________. H owever, Facebook and similar 7. _______________________________

may be losing popular it y among t eens. O nly 25% of t eens in a 2013 st udy in t he U S

8. ________________________ daily wit h ot her s t hr ou gh t hese sit es. A nd in a small st udy in A ust r alia,

near ly one-t hir d of t eens quest ioned d id not have 9. ____________________________ on any social

net wor king sit es. Even Facebook’s own 2014 bu siness r epor t c ont ains inf or mat ion abou t less t een

int er est in t he sit e. It looks like Facebook and ot her soc ial net wor king sit es have t o

10. ____________________________: how t o keep t eens int er est ed!

C omplet e t he passage wit h t he words and phrases below. T here are more words and phrases
t han you need.
keep up wit h • st ore inf ormat ion • develop • solve t he problem cat ch on 
t errif ied • devices • going on • helpless • usef ul • keep in t ouch scroll 

N omophobia
M obile phones ar e su ch wonder f ul 1. ____________________ . We use t hem t o 2. __________________ wit h
our f r iends and f amily, and our phone calendar s help us 3. __________________ our social obligat ions. I n
addit ion, t hose of us wit h smar t phones use t hem t o f ind out what ’s 4. ___________________ in t he wor ld.
U nf or t unat ely, some people f ind mobile phones so 5. ________________________ t hat t hey bec ome
addict ed t o t hem. When t hey’r e not sleeping, t hese people may use phones t o c hec k e-mails and
d if f er ent f or ms of social media about a hu ndr ed t imes a d ay! People who use t heir phones so of t en
may 6. ___________________ somet hing called “nomophobia” – a f ear t hat t hey will be 7. _________________
wit hout t heir phones. T his phobia is mor e common t han you might imagine. I n a r ec ent U K sur vey, 66%
of t he 1,000 people in t he sur vey said t hey wer e 8. _____________________ of losing t heir phones. D o you
t hink you’ve got nomophobia? Find ou t mor e about t he cond it ion and ways t o 9. ______________________
at www.allabou t counseling.com.