1.

Read the text and in note form write down

(12p)
a) four things teens usually use social media
I – Reading Comprehension for.
b) the effects of night-time social media use
The digital landscape has put increased pressure on teenagers today, and
on teens.
we feel it. There are so many social media channels: Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, you name it. I made a conscious decision to
avoid Snapchat and Instagram because of the social pressure I saw them 2. Complete the sentences according to the
putting on my 14-year-old little sister. If my mum turned off the WiFi at text. (24p)
11pm, my sister would beg me to turn my phone into a hotspot 1. She a) June kept away from a couple of social
always needed to load her Snapchat stories one more time, or to reply to a networks since …
message that had come in two minutes ago because she didn’t want her b) June’s sister would ask June for her phone
friend to feel ignored. If I refused, saying she could respond in the morning, when …
I’d get the “You’re ruining my social life” speech. Even as a teenager as c) It is very important for her sister to reply to
well, I sometimes find this craze a little baffling. every message at night so that …
A new study has found that teenagers who engage with social media
d) She would accuse June of messing up her
during the night could be damaging their sleep and increasing their risk of
anxiety and depression. Teenagers spoke about the pressure they felt to social life whenever …
make themselves available 24/7 and the resulting anxiety if they did not e) For teens not being able to reply instantly
respond immediately to texts or posts. Teens are so emotionally invested to a message …
in social media that a fifth of secondary school pupils will wake up at night f) Some teens are so obsessed with social
and log on just to make sure they don’t miss out. Perhaps the worst thing media that …
about this is that teenagers need more sleep than adults do, so night-time
social media use could be detrimental to their health. A lack of sleep can 3. True or False? Quote from the text to
make teenagers tired, irritable, and depressed. justify your answers. (18p)
During the summer holidays, I lost my phone. And for the week that I was a) June doesn’t understand her sister’s
phoneless, it felt like a disaster. I love my phone. It gives me quick access to
obsession with social media at times.
information and allows me to be constantly looped in with my friends, to
know exactly what is going on in their lives. So when I didn’t have my b) Teenagers feel pressured to be constantly
phone for a week, I felt a slight sense of FOMO, or if you’re not up to speed online. 
with the lingo, fear of missing out. By the end of the week, I’d got used to c) June simply hated it when she was unable
not having a phone and I’d quite enjoyed the break from social media. But to log on for a week.
there was still a lingering sense of sadness at the back of my mind that
there would be conversations I had missed, messages that had been sent, 4. Identify the phrasal verb in the first
funny videos shared and night-time chats that I would probably never get paragraph and explain its meaning. (6p)
to see.
By June Eric Udorie 5. What do the following mean? (10p)
in http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/16/social-media-mental-
a) 24/7
health-teenagers-government-pshe-lessons
b) FOMO
  1 a place where a wireless Internet connection is available
6. Find the words in the text which mean the
same as (15p)
a) greater than before (paragraph 1)
b) exaggerated enthusiasm (paragraph 1)
c) harmful (paragraph 2)
d) easily annoyed (paragraph 2)
e) connected with (paragraph 3)

7. What do the underlined words in the text

refer to? (15p)
a) we
b) them
c) that
d) this
e) their
 II – Language Focus: Vocabulary & Grammar

A. Use the words below to complete the text. (16p)

Social networking sites encourage us to be more (a) about our personal lives. Because intimate details of our
lives can be (b) so easily, we often don’t use the (c) we might normally employ when talking about our private
lives. What's more, the things we post remain (d) indefinitely. While at one moment a photo of friends doing
shots at a party may seem (e), the image may appear less (f) in the context of an employer doing a
background check. While most sites allow their users to (g) who sees the things they've posted, such
limitations are often (h).

available ● control ● posted ● public ● forgotten ● harmless ● filters ● attractive

B. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice . Make any necessary changes. (16p)
a) A friend of mine has just sent you a friend’s request.
b) Social websites are causing some potential harm to society.
c) Students often use slang words on social networking sites.
d) Parents should check on their children when they use the Internet.

C. Complete the gaps to give it a future meaning. (10p)

– I’ve made up my mind. I (a. send) you a friend’s request on Facebook. Done!
– Nice. I (b. add) you in a minute. Do you know what? Tomorrow I (c. meet) someone I befriended on
Facebook. Will you come with me?
– I’m afraid I can’t. By this time tomorrow I (d. visit) my grandparents.

D. Rewrite the sentences with “I wish”. Make any necessary changes. (8p)
a) My best friend spends too much time on Facebook.
b) I am so addicted to social networks.

III - Writing

Using about 180 words, write an opinion text on the following. (50p)

Do social networking sites play an important role in your life?

Key “SOCIAL MEDIA”
I.
1. a)
● chat (with friends) ● read messages ● reply to messages ● share stories / videos ● get access to information
● be / stay in contact with friends
1. b)
● lack of sleep ● (risk of) anxiety and depression / (health problems)
2.
a) … they put too much (social) pressure on teens /she saw how much (social) pressure they put on her sister.
b) … their mother turned off the WIFI at night.
c) … her friends won’t/don’t feel ignored.
d) …June refused to lend her the phone/ to turn her phone into a hotspot.
e) … makes them feel anxious/nervous.
f) … they will wake up at night and log on.
3.
a) T -(Even as a teenager as well,) I sometimes find this craze a little baffling.
b) T - Teenagers spoke about the pressure they felt to make themselves available 24/7 (and the resulting anxiety
if they did not respond immediately to texts or posts.)
c) F – (By the end of the week,) I’d got used to not having a phone and I’d quite enjoyed the break from social
media.
4.
Turn off – to switch off / to stop something from working
5.
a) 24 hours a day / 7 days a week
b) fear of missing out
6.
a) increased
b) craze
c) detrimental
d) irritable
e) looped in
7.
a) teenagers b) Snapchat and Instagram c) a message d) pupils waking up at night and logging on e) June friends’
II
A.
(a) public (b) posted (c) filters (d) available (e) harmless (f) attractive (g) control (h) forgotten
B.
a) You have just been sent a friend’s request (by a friend of mine). / A friend’s request has just been sent to you
(by a friend of mine).
b) Some potential harm is being caused to society by social websites.
c) Slang words are often used (by students) on social networking sites.
d) (Their) children should be checked on (by their parents) when they use the Internet.
C.
(a) am going to send (b) will add (c) am going to meet / I am meeting (d) will be visiting
D.
a) I wish my best friend didn’t spend so much time on Facebook.
b) I wish I wasn’t/weren’t so addicted to social networks.