What do you do in your free time?

Unit 3 -READING

❶ How do you use your mobile phone? Tick ( ) the things you do.

surf the Internet  translate words 

take photos  make phone calls 
listen to music  watch videos 
send texts  use maps or GPS 
send pictures  do calculations 
play games 

Mobile Phones

In Britain, 50% of the people have a mobile phone. Eight million of them are teenagers. This
number still grows.
Teenagers use their mobile phone to call and to send text messages. Especially sending text
messages is very popular. It is cheaper and more private than making a phone call.
It is important to make text messages short. Here are some examples:

ruok? = Are you OK?

pls = please
2day = today
2moro = tomorrow
thx = thanks
pcm = please call me
ilu = I love you
cu = see you
hand = have a nice day
b4n = bye for now

Most of the parents or teachers don’t understand this language. Adults think this language is a
code only teenagers understand. For young people it is cool their parents don’t understand the messages.
At school there can be problems with ringing phones and students sending text messages during classes.
Most schools have a rule that students must turn off their mobile phones in the classroom. They can only
use their phones during the break, at lunch time or when the school is finished.

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❷ Choose the correct answer.

1. Why do teenagers use mobile phones?

a) to send emails b) to call and to send messages c) to call teachers
2. When do students use their mobile phones in school if it is forbidden during classes?
a) during classes b) during a journey c)at lunch time and when the school is finished

❸ What does this text message say?

______________________________________
hi John ______________________________________
how ru? ______________________________________
I’m in town 2day ______________________________________
pcm 2moro ______________________________________
b4n
Tim ________________________

Grammar  How to join sentences: and, but, or

and : adds and combines information ( I like tea and coffee.)

but : links a positive (+) and negative (-) idea. ( I like walking but I don’t like running.)
or : gives an alternative ( I don’t eat fruit or vegetables.)

Choose the correct ones.

1. My name is Ela but/ and I’m 18. I’m from Ankara or/but I live in Mersin.
2. Emre is a police officer and/ or he works at the police station.
3. I’m married. I have two daughters but/and I don’t have a son.
4. She’s 22 years old but/and her birthday is in June.
5. My brother plays tennis but/and basketball.
6. I like swimming but/or I don’t like diving.
7. In the evening I watch TV and/but listen to music.
8. I don’t eat fish, beef or/but chicken.

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WRITING

❶ Writing an email to a friend

❷ Are these sentences True or False?

1. There are very beautiful beaches in Bodrum. T/F

2. Muğla is in the east of Turkey. T/F
3. There aren’t any historical places in Bodrum. T/F
4. In Akyaka, you can eat delicious meals. T/F
5. Selin lives in Datça. T/F

❸ Write a short phone (text) message to your friend about coming together for an event in Bodrum or
Datça. Use some of the information given in the e-mail above.

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Review and Practice
❶ Make sentences about homeless Tom. Use adverbs of frequency or a negative.

live in a nice house (not)

Tom doesn’t live in a nice house.

1. have a well-paid job (not)

2. have a lot of money (not)
3. eat in restaurants (never)
4. have a cup of coffee in a café with friends (occasionally)
5. walk everywhere (always)

❷ Make four sentences about the activities that you and your friends do together.
Choose from the box. Use adverbs of frequency.

We usually go for a walk.

go to concerts go shopping watch films

play basketball go for a walk think
go swimming listen to music

❸ Write a sentence with can and can’t. Use but.

run fast- run a marathon I can run fast, but I can’t run a marathon.

1. drive a car- fly a helicopter

2. dive- swim
3. play computer games- repair a computer
4. make a cake- cook traditional meals
5. play chess- play the violin

❹ Underline the wrong word in the lists.

1. play chess yoga tennis
2. go on the Internet Facebook to the cinema
3. go for a walk Facebook a swim
4. do aerobics yoga running
5. watch music the TV a film
6. play the piano football swimming