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435 read the DIOB PO the sentence «ically about: she postis speci au mewn ; 1 frendsipsthat megane ha stat “ in ingonin 3 fe cof oun veo 4g howto stop bullying ; ide if « epost and dec 14 ©{GBI Read and listen tothe ps ore Fresentences are true (17°F fal the false ones: 1. Bullingis nota serious a8 problem nowadays 2 Many schoolsbeteve ey Rave a 8 stopped bullying it 3 More than milion people have _ experienced bullvngot somear™ fo & 4 More than 1 million people have “enced extreme DUlying every 2 experienced extreme bullying ne i the last couple of years i 5 inseasy for young peopleto avoid cyberbullying fi & The majority of victims don't know their bullies. 7 Cyberbullyingis possible Because itis easy to doit online. ital 8 Less than half of teens have taken part + ingyberbullying Hw 9. The Diana Awards are helping to sto iB bullying. mH 110 Only parents and schools can change the behaviour of young people. © Read the post again and match the headings to the paragraphs. There is one extra title. 1 [J Theimportance of social media jincommunication 2 CD Wealltake part 3 LJ trsour responsibility 4 [J Alotof young people have experienced bullying aS Othe negative effects of bullying 6 [1] Why people bully Underline the words, } expressi inthe text that show the uniter se nctuation the writer's opinion, >_> ' Cyberbullying: The shocking fact, When you hear about cyberbullying, many people think itis old news. It no longer happens in scl bullying issues: Many schools have adopted — "zero tolerance’ against bullying and say they have controlled the problem in their schools, These areall good objectives, but the reality very different. the Anti Bullying campaigners have worked tirelessly with schools and teenagers (0 tackle bullying in schools, tts figures showed that in the ast ‘couple of years an satimated 5.4 milion young people have experienced s cyberbullying and 1.3 million unfortunate teenagers rave experienced extreme cyberbullying on 2 dally basi Why dor't they just turnoff their phones? you may ask, but-as we know, social media is very important for teens and that’s not so easy. An estimated 96% of teens from vn 11-19 years old use social media as thelr main formof communication. "I need my phone to talk to my fiends, put when | turn on my phone, | don't just see friendly chats, but extreme abuse, threats and maybe even humiliating images. It’s a vicious circle and it's often an +s easy one to fall into asa lot of cyberbullying begins with friendships that have gone wrong. 17 Choose the correct summary of the writer's opinion about the topic. 1 Cyberbullying was serious a few years ago, butschools have stopped it now. 2 Cyberbullyingis a serious problem and it's UP to parents and schools to stop it. 3. Alot of cyberbullying still exists, we are all responsible for it and we can stop it together. CamScanner ile tarand ‘The effects of cyberbullying are very serious. For many young people it becomes a source of constant anxiety nthe Uk around 20% of young people have felt worried ‘sbout going to school because of cyberbullying. what can we do? Well, we can refuse to take pa this. $198 of young people admit that bullying is ea online and a shocking 53% of teens admit to sharing posts that encourage bullying. “= Schools and parents have 2 duty to educate their children, but young people also know the difference tpenween right and wrong, We know itis wrong to target ‘someone online, make fun of them and isolate ther. ve can stop this terible behaviour. The inspirational = Anti-Bullying campaigners have set up the Diana ‘Awards Anti-Bullying Ambassadors, which trains you pepe in schools to identify bullying and suppor eins of bullying, We are all responsible for what happens to our classmates, 50 let's work together to crand to this serious misery that is damaging $0. adolescents. 18 Find the words and phrases inthe text th the same as these. out Gintro) stop (92"2 4) ious (p2"@ 4) (para) .pprovimate (p2"2 8) embarrassed (913 B) not agree (p22) urting, harming (par? E) i ng put ny iat mean i VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES OF PERSONALITY 19 Complete the sentences with the words below. easygoing + cheerful + sociable » practical + 3H « 20 2 intelligent « quiet « untidy + generous ople 5 0. Billgets very embarrassed when ne to him, He's realy su. 2PM. 1 Sue's bedroom is terrible - books Clothes everyshere! She's incredibly 2. Lily never gets angry or stressed. She food, CDs and 'sreally 3. I don’t see my aunt very much, but she alvays vesme great presents on my bthday. Evenoody thinks she's really ‘4 Tim’sreally good at school. He gets every test he's very 5 Myparents have lot of fiends and enjoy meeting ‘new people. They're really 6 Myuncletikesfixing things and he's very good with person, topmarksin cats, He's Ver) 7 Ireallyenvy Joe he's always smiling and happy. How can he be $9... allthe time? 8 Mysisteris really She doesn't talk much Match the opposites. 0 (g) untidy ‘a outgoing 1 Clauiet b neny 2 Osy ¢ miserable 3 easygoing di talkative 4 C1 generous e unpractical 5 Li cheerful f mean 6 Ci practical @ tidy ‘complete the sentences with words 2-8 in exercise 20. miserable... think 0 Mycousin looks ealy she gotabad markin the test. 1 Hesreally. sv he deinks too much coffee! Your houseis realy. salyloves meeting people she's vey and he tells great stories ot ike mine! Tim'svery Frank's so = he never buys Me presents. 6 Jims 50 _lots of ideas allofthem impossible! unitt 17 CamScanner ile tarand me expressions below in the cond 5 Ct 5 Hy put the ti group: t » often = every Saturday ally ° at the momen rr today » always * three times a week , now * ° ; . occasionally * this morning » these days 1 with present simple: usually, ... with present continuous 9 2 &)\ Choose the correct option. /I'mseeing my best friends every day. /'m usually going / |usually go to the shopping centre on Saturday afternoon. 2 Ihave /I’m having a lot of arguments with Sally in this period. 3 /use/I’m using Facebook every evening. 4 Mylittle sister is giving me / gives me alot of problems at the moment. 5. My best friend is living / lives in China for a few months to study the language. 6 Look! Jeannie is speaking / speaks to those boys from the other school, CamScanner ile tarand 5))\ Correct the mistakes, Three sentences are correct. 0 D6 you speaking to me? Are you Speaking to me? 1 |’m Meeting my friends every Saturday. 2 I’m often visiting my grandparents at the weekend. 3 How often are you tweeting during the school day? 4 Why do you always call me at 10 in the evening? 5 My brothers never tell me anything. 6 I’m really enjoying this film - it’s so exciting, 7 Are you knowing any of these people? 8 My Irish friend’s often contacting me on Facebook. CamScanner ile tarand! NE FRIEND OR LOTS OF FRIENDS? My brother, Ed, and1°........have got different personalities but we get on well together. I’m quiet and quite shy}... he’s very sociable and talks non-stop. | have cevoscssgcnervsinasseeve a few close friends. | prefer this because | feel | know my friends well. Obviously, I'm friendly with 3....cccssssseeneen people, too but | don't find it easy to meet new people and make friends. Ed's exactly the opposite, he loves meeting people and talking to them. He often invites his friends TO 4 atescoosesedisetetee house and | find that a bit difficult SOMETIMES 2... they make a lot of noise. Ed says I’m impatient and that | should be more easygoing. Actually, he's probably right. I’d like to be as friendly AN CONFIAENE Savsssssessssssseeene he is. CamScanner ile tarand! p SAAMI steS SN Reading - Gap fill When you are thinking of words to complete the gaps, remember that you can only use one word in each gap and that contractions count as two words: isn’t = is not; she’s = she is / has. The words you need to use are mostly grammar words, so think about words such as: = pronouns: he, it, we; me, him; they; mine, ours « verb auxiliaries: do, does, did, has, have, will « articles: a, an, the « relative pronouns: who, that, which « negatives: no, not, never « adverbs: just, always, yet « linkers: and, but, however, instead « prepositions: on, in, at Read the text once to understand the general meaning. Then for each gap, read the complete sentence and pay particular attention to the words before and after the gap. When you have written a word in the gap, read the sentence again to check it fits. CamScanner ile tarand

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