UNITTWELVE

WHENCELLPHONESKILL
ByAdityaKundalkar
(anextractfromaReadersDigestarticle,December2007,pp.6165)

MODULEONE

I.PREREADING
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Whyarecellphonescalledmobiles? Whoinventedthephone? Whatwastheprefixusedforaphoneinitsearlystages? Whatdotherootsteleandphonemean? Doyouhaveacellphone?Isitusefulorharmful?

II.LISTENING
Answerthequestionsgivenbelow: 1. Giveanythreeimportantusesofcellphonesenumeratedbytheauthor? 2. Whencantheuseofcellphoneprovetobedangerous? 3. Docellphoneusersthinkwhilecommittingmistakes? 4. Whatexampledoestheauthorgiveofaninsignificantmistakethatcanbe committedbyacellphoneuser? 5. What example does the author cite of a serious mistake that can be committedbyacellphoneuser? 6. Whatisthedifferencebetweenacellphoneandacarsradio? 7. Why does a twoway communication prevent a person from paying attentiontohissurroundings? 8. Whatkindsofinattentioncanacellphoneusingmotoristdemonstrate? 9. Whyisitnotsafeforapedestriantouseacellphone? 10.Isusingahandsfreephonewhiledrivingsafe?

IV.COMPREHENSION
Factualquestions: MultipleChoices:

1. InIndiapenaltyforusingcellphoneswhiledrivingis a. permissive b. deterrent c. absolute d. perfect 2. Cellphonesshouldnotbeusedwhile a. Drivingacar b. Drivingascooter c. Crossingtheroad d. Alltheabove 3. Beforethediscoveryofcellphones a. Peoplewereunhappy b. Peoplemissedthecellphones c. Peoplecopedwell d. Peopledidnotcommunicateatall 4. Activatingvoicemailis a. safe b. dangerous c. foolish d. careless 5. RespondingtoSMSwhencomparedtoansweringacallwhilewalkingis a. safer b. lesstimeconsuming c. equallydangerous d. moreinteresting TrueorFalse 1. InNorwaythepenaltyforusingcellphonewhiledrivingishigherthaninIndia. 2. InIndiadriversbreakinglawaboutcellphoneusewhiledrivingarealways punished. 3. Weshouldstopourvehiclebeforeansweringthecellphone. 4. Whiledrivingifthecellphoneringsyoushouldpickitupimmediately. 5. Youshouldallowthedriverofbusortaxitotalkoncellphoneanddrive. Shortanswers 1. WhatisthefineforusingacellphonewhiledrivinginMumbai?

2. HowmuchisthepenaltyforthesameoffenceinDelhi? 3. Whenisavoicemailuseful?Why? 4. What help can a passenger give when you are driving and your phone rings? 5. Howweretheelevenpeoplekilled?Howcouldthishavebeenprevented? Inferencequestions: 1. Comparethelawsforpunishingoffendersofcellphoneuseinvariousparts oftheworld. 2. DescribeinyourownwordstheincidentofSandeepKumarsnegligence anditsresult. 3. Howdidtheseniorcolleaguestopthedriverfromtalkingonhiscellphone?

V.VOCABULARY
MatchthewordsinColumnAwiththeirmeaningsinColumnB A B Penalty SportUtilityVehicle Insurance recordedvoicemessagethatcanberetrieved Seldom ShortMessageService Jeopardy traveller Pedestrian punishment,fine Highway indemnity,assurance Voicemail rarely,infrequently SMS mainroad Passenger persononfoot,walker SUV danger,peril VOCABULARYDEVELOPMENT Homophoneandhomonym;Eponyms: Homophonesasthenamesuggestsarewordsthatarepronouncedalikebuthave differentspellingsanddifferentmeanings. Homonymsarewordswhichhavethesamespellingbutaredifferentinmeaning; pronunciationcanbothbedifferentorsame.Inthelattercase,ahomonymand homophonebecomesimilarinmeaning.

Eponymsarewordsderivedfromnamesofpeopleorplaces. Listofhomophones: Airheir Alteraltar Aloudallowed Bearbare Berrybury Beanbeen Ceaseseize Cellsell Citesightsite Daysdaze Deerdear Earnurn Flourflower Gaitgate Healheel Peacepiece Wastewaist Onewon Weakweek Sweetsuite Taletail Listofhomonyms: Book(noun)Book(verb) Can(noun)Can(modal) Bear(noun)Bear(verb) Bank(noun)Bank(verb) Sink(noun)Sink(verb) Tap(noun)Tap(verb) Tear(noun)Tear(verb) Make sentences to show the difference of meaning of the above homophones andhomonyms:

VI.LANGUAGESTRUCTURES
Exercise1:SaythefollowingareSimple,ComplexorCompoundSentences: 1. Heclimbedatreetocollectsomeleaves. 2. Heclimbedatreeandpluckedsomefruits. 3. Heclimbedatreebecausehewasagile. 4. Shewastootiredtowalkanyfurther. 5. Shewassotiredthatshecouldnotwalk. 6. Shewastiredbutshecontinuedtowalk. 7. Hewasagreatscholarandagenerousperson. 8. Inspiteofbeingagreatscholar,hewasagenerousperson. 9. Assoonasthepolicearrived,thethiefranaway. 10.Youmustapologizesinceyouareinthewrong. Exercise2:ChangefromSimpletoComplex:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Owningtopoverty,hecouldnotcontinuehisstudies. Helikedmypresentation. Iknowaverytalentedperson. Youmustperformtothebestofyourability. Theweatherhavingbecomebetter,wedecidedtogoforapicnic.

Exercise3:ChangefromComplextoSimple: 1. Icanfindouttheplacewhereheworks. 2. Myunclewhoisscientistiscomingtovisitourcollege. 3. Alionthatishungryisveryferocious. 4. Thecrowdshoutedbecausetheywereangry. 5. Theassistantdemonstratedhowtheexperimentwastobedone. Exercise4:ChangefromSimpletoCompound: 1. Besidesbeingintelligent,hewashelpful. 2. Heranawaytoliveinanothercity. 3. Beinglazy,heneverworkedhard. 4. YoumustlearnEnglishtosucceedinyourprofessionallife. 5. Inspiteofthedelayinstarting,theprogrammewaswellattended. Exercise5:ChangefromCompoundtoSimple: 1. Youmustlearnalltheskills,otherwiseyoucannotgetajob. 2. Thetrainstoppedandwegotoff. 3. Thetestwastoughandtheexamwasequallytough. 4. Thebookisnotonlyoldbutitalsotorn. 5. Themanagerisabsent;thereforeyouhavetocomeanotherday.

VII.SPELLING
Correctspellings: 1. Violiation 2. deterent 3. inefecctive 4. actievate 5. concentraite 6. coleagues 7. perfektly

8. constantely 9. atention 10.absolutly

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