BU YADYOK P1

Spring 2020-2021 A Week 2

GUIDED WRITING
Online Romance
Use the prompts below to build up the text about online romance. Make complete
sentences, paying close attention to the use of articles, pronouns, prepositions, verbs,
and the correct form of the words.

1. Since 2005, we / observe / dramatic increase / the use of social media / the
purpose of / meet / people. Lot / people / make friend / and even / form romantic
relationships online. Marriages between people / meet online / not surprise / we /
anymore.

We have observed a dramatic increase in the use of social media for the purpose
of meeting people since 2005. A lot of people makes friends and even form romantic
relationships online. Marriages between people who meet online don't surprise us
anymore.

2. For some people it / be easy / meet someone online and develop a romantic
relationship. But / it safe? Clearly there / several risk. First of all, researchers
claim that about 60 percent / university students / not be / afraid / revealing /
romantic status and other personal information / social network profile. They are
more interested / the benefits / social networks provide / the potential risks.

It is easy for some people to meet online and develop a romantic relationship. But
is it safe? There are clearly several risks. First of all, researchers claim that about 60
per cent of university students are not afraid of revealing their romantic status and
other personal information on their social network profile. They are more interested in
the benefits of social network sites provided than the potential risks that the sites have.

3. Another problem arises / one decides / end an online romance. Fair / end /
relationship online? Ending a relationship / never be / easy. Obviously, / online
romance is different / traditional one, especially if the relationship is maintained
through online chats only. Still, it / require / same sensitivity / a traditional
romance.

Another problem arises when one decides to end an online romance. Is it fair to
end an online relationship? Ending a relationship is never easy. Obviously, an online
romance is different from a traditional one, especially if the relationship is maintained
through online chats only. Still, it requires the same sensitivity as a traditional
romance.

4. So what role / social media / play in ending an online romance? Not any –
especially / you have carried your online romance / real life. According to a study
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based / interviews / university students, the medium that one / choose / to

communicate the breakup / be / very important. Most participants in the study
considered face-to-face communication as the / appropriate way / end / an online
romantic relationship. A person / rely on technology to get out of a relationship /
be / a coward. Texting, for instance, was considered the / less appropriate
medium / end a relationship. Changing / one / relationship status on Facebook,
deciding to “unfriend” an ex and / block / him or her / be / cruel and
unacceptable behaviors.

So what role does social media play in ending an online romance? Not any role,
especially, if you have carried your online romance to real life. According to a study
based on interviews with university students, the medium that one chooses to
communicate the breakup is very important. Most participants in the study considered
face-to-face communication as the most appropriate way to end an online romantic
relationship. They also considered that a person who relies on technology to get out of
a relationship is a coward. Texting, for instance, was considered the less appropriate
medium to end a relationship.

Changing one's relationship status on Facebook, deciding to “unfriend” an ex and

block him is one of the cruellest and most unacceptable behaviours.

5. Let / we / end with a piece of advice: You / limit / a romantic relationship that /
originate / on / Internet / to online chats. If you / not do that, both sides / be / badly
hurt in case of a breakup.
Let us end with a piece of advice: You should limit a romantic relationship
that originates on the Internet to online chats. If you do not do that, both
sides may be badly hurt in case of a breakup.