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de changed our lives?

2. Listening comprehension: https://youtu.be/MpZNTZZitpw?t=50
How to internet
Watch the video and mark any of the ideas you came up with. What

How has the

ideas were mentioned in the video that you did not think of?

Watch the video again and answer the questions with a partner.
1. Warm up Are these aspects of life better or worse?
Which word or phrase doesn’t belong with the others? Why? 1. What navigation skills were needed before the internet?..................

scroll through a feed
share a picture
like a post
download an app
follow someone
log in to your account 2. Do you prefer shopping online or at shops?......................................
click on a link 3. What is different about dating now versus before the internet?........
check your inbox
stream a movie 4. Do you ever communicate without using the internet? .....................
go off the grid 5. What are some advantages and disadvantages to instant news? ......

6. Have you benefitted from how job hunting has changed? ................
eCommerce phishing swipe right
cyberspace virus catfish someone 7. Did you ever learn a new skill the old-fashioned way? ......................
search engine firewall get ghosted 8. Do you believe entertainment via the internet is too easy?...............
homepage malware “DM” someone
blog trojan horse shake hands 9. Have you ever had to go to a real library? .........................................

10. Do you think children spend to much time in front of a screen? ......
How has the internet changed our world?
Come up with 7 ideas in pairs or small groups.
3. Take a look
What do these sentences from the video all have in common?
1

2 1. Before the internet, you had to actually ask for directions…

3 2. Dating has become as easy as swiping left or right…
3. People used to get their news from newspapers…
4 4. Earlier, people would look for jobs in ads or classifieds…
5 5. Today, people are trying to get their kids to play outside…
6. People don’t write letters anymore…
6

7 talk about the past describe changes use the same tense

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4. Functional language 5. Exercise
Look at the sentences again. Match them to the tense or structure they Use the verb in parentheses with one of the strategies from the lesson
use to describe change. to make an appropriate sentence describing the change.

time expression + past simple 1. Ben looks great! He ______________ (lose) a lot of weight.
present perfect
2. I watched a documentary about dolphins getting trapped in fishing
present continuous nets last week. I ______________ tuna ______________ (eat).
used to + verb
would + verb 3. He ______________ (be) quite shy and quiet. All that changed at
anymore / no longer university where he became a big party animal.

Why do we have so many ways to describe change? 4. Before I got my driving license, I ______________ (take) the bus and
For each phrase, choose the reason behind the structure. the metro to get to work.

5. This city used to be cheap, but now rent prices ______________ (rise).
a. Dating has become as easy as swiping left or right…
6. Timmy ______________ (have) long pink hair and play in a band. Now
emphasize the before emphasize the after
he has an office job which he really likes.
b. People used to get their new from newspapers…
6. Speaking activity
emphasize the before emphasize the after Look at the before and after images below. With a partner or in small
groups, write 6 sentences (1 for each strategy) to describe the changes.
c. Earlier, people would look for jobs in ads or classifieds…
before after
describe a routine in the past describe the past

d. Before the internet, you had to actually ask for directions…

describe a routine in the past describe the past

e. People don’t write letters anymore…

a change happening now it doesn’t happen now

f. Today, people are trying to get their kids to play outside…

a change happening now it doesn’t happen now

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7. Board game
Taking turns, navigate through the board describing how the internet has change these facets of our world.

START 2
PETS
TECHNOLOGY

VIDEO GAMES
TOBACCO
CONFLICT
PRODUCTIVITY FAMILY
QUALITY OF LIFE
CHILDREN
EXERCISE WORK
ALCOHOL

SUGAR CULTURE

MEDICINE
ARCHITECTURE
FOOD HEALTH TOURISM
TRAVEL SOCIAL MEDIA

SECURITY

SMALL CARS MAGAZINES

TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS
ECOLOGY
SUSHI
TELEVISION

EDUCATION START 3
SALARY
EVENTS
YOGA
PARKS
HOUSING

START 1 TAXES IMMIGRATION

SPORTS

BUSINESS

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