NAME: Maria de Guadalupe Mendez Miranda

A.- Listen to the phone conversations. Circle the correct answers.

Conversation 1 Conversation 2
1. Amy wants her mom 3. Peter interrupts his phone conversation
to ___c__________ . to ___b__________ .
a. come home right now a. give dinner to his cat
b. go to the supermarket b. let his cat out
c. buy something else c. talk to his cat

2. Amy’s mom interrupts their phone 4. Peter is calling Ginny

conversation to _____b________ . to ____a_________ .
a. leave the store a. borrow her map
b. pay for the food b. ask about hotels
c. buy some chocolate c. check on guidebooks

B Complete the conversations with the comparative forms of the adjectives.

( = more; = less)
1. A: E-cards are ___more fun___________ ( fun) than regular cards.
B: Yeah, but real cards are ___nicer___________ ( nice).

2. A: Email is _less expensive_____________ ( expensive) than regular mail.

B: I know. It’s _____faster_________ ( fast), too.

3. A: I don’t like to send text messages. It’s __easier____________ ( easy) to make a phone call.
B: But sometimes it’s __more convenient________ ( convenient) to just send a message.

4. A: Do you think letters are _better___________ ( good) than email?

B: Yes. I like them because they’re __more personal________ ( personal).

C Read the situations. Write sentences with the words in parentheses.

Example: I don’t get a lot of text messages. I get a lot of voice-mail messages. (fewer)
_______________________________________________________
1. Judy gets 20 phone calls a day. Sandra gets 15 phone calls a day. (more)
________Judy gets more phone calls than Sandra _______________________________
2. I spend a lot of time on the phone. My brother doesn’t spend a lot of time on the phone. (less)
____________My Brother spend less time on the phone than I _____________________
3. My parents didn’t send many emails two years ago. They send a lot of emails now. (more)
_____My parents send me more emails than they send me tow years ago________________
4. Last year I wrote one or two letters a month. Now I write one or two letters a year. (fewer)
______________I wrote fewer letter than I wrote the last year____________________________
5. Marie doesn’t talk on the phone very much. Beth talks on the phone a lot. (less)
__________Marie talk on the phone less than Beth talks on the phone_________________
D Match the sentences (1 to 6) with the responses (a to g). There is one extra response.
1. Can you hear me? ___C__ a. You’re not easy to get hold of, either.
2. Did you get my message? __D___ b. Sure. Should I call your office phone?
3. Could I speak to Jack, please? __E___ c. Not really. You’re breaking up.
4. You’re hard to reach. ___A__ d. I’m not sure. When did you leave it?
5. Please leave a message. __G___ e. Uh, I’m sorry. You have the wrong number.
6. Call me back, OK? __B___ f. Is this a good time to talk?
g. Hi, Josh! This is Marjorie. Call me back.

E In each conversation, put the replies in the correct order. Number the sentences 1 to 4.
1. David: Hello, Ken? It’s David.
Ken: Oh, hi, David.
David: Listen. Do you want to go to a movie tonight?
Ken: __4___ So, what were you saying?
__1___ Sure, that sounds good.
__3___ Someone’s at the door. . . .
__2___ Oh, can you hold on a second?
David: I was calling to ask about a movie tonight. There’s a good one at the Cineplex. . . .
2. Steve: Hello?
Sarah: Hi, Steve. It’s Sarah. Do you have a minute? It’s about Marsha’s birthday.
Steve: _2____ I spilled something on my pants. . . .
__4___ You were saying something about Marsha’s birthday.
__3___ OK. Where were we?
_1____ Uh-oh. Excuse me just a second, Sarah.
Sarah: Right. We’re planning a surprise birthday party for her this year, and . . .
F.- Read the article. Then circle True or False for each statement.

1. Fewer than half of adult Internet users use chat software or sites. True False
2. Chat use is becoming more popular in the workplace. True False
3. Almost half of chat users send more chat messages than emails every day. True False
4. People sometimes use chat to contact people in the same place. True False
5. Most chat users send messages to a lot of different people. True False