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Smartphone and Internet Addiction: The Guardian

1) The average Briton now checks their mobile phone every 12 minutes and spends 24 hours per week online according to an Ofcom study. 2) Over the last 10 years, the total time Britons spend online has doubled, with a quarter spending over 40 hours per week online driven by smartphone usage. 3) Three quarters of Britons now own a smartphone, rising to 95% for young people, and attitudes towards phone usage in public have changed with younger people more comfortable using their phones during meals.

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Smartphone and Internet Addiction: The Guardian

1) The average Briton now checks their mobile phone every 12 minutes and spends 24 hours per week online according to an Ofcom study. 2) Over the last 10 years, the total time Britons spend online has doubled, with a quarter spending over 40 hours per week online driven by smartphone usage. 3) Three quarters of Britons now own a smartphone, rising to 95% for young people, and attitudes towards phone usage in public have changed with younger people more comfortable using their phones during meals.

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SMARTPHONE AND INTERNET ADDICTION + 1/3

How do you think smartphone and internet use has changed over the last decade?
Read the article, listen to the first part of the recording and write figures and dates in the gaps.

The Guardian August 2018

The report also showed the have changed. While 83% of


rapid growth of addiction Britons aged over 55 said they
to technology. According to thought it unacceptable to
Ofcom, just 12% of British check a phone during a meal,
adults said they never used this figure almost halved
the internet. among people under _____
The total amount of time who were more comfortable
Britons spend average of spent online by Britons has with looking at notifications
24 hours a week online also doubled over the last while eating with other
10 years, with a quarter of people.
The average Briton now adults saying they spent more Ofcom said the “seismic
checks a mobile phone every than 40 hours a week on the shifts” in the ways Britons
_____ minutes and is online internet – a move driven by consumed media could be
for 24 hours a week, finds an the uptake of smartphones. traced back to the June
Ofcom study revealing the Over three quarters of people ________ launch of Apple’s
extent to which people now now have a smartphone with iPhone and the appearance of
rely on the internet. that figure rising to _____ the first android smartphone
Ofcom also found that, percent for young people. in __________.
for the first time, the time The internet has seeped ____ percent of Britons
spent making phone calls into many aspects of our say that we spend too
from mobile phones fell, as lives; two in ______ British much time online, with
users instead used messaging adults – rising to 65% of those people spending on average
services such as WhatsApp aged under 35 – said they _________________ hours a
and Facebook Messenger. looked at their phone within day on the internet on their
The media regulator’s five minutes of waking up. A smartphones.
annual Communications third of adults checked their
Market Report found that phones up until the moment
________________ of people they went to sleep, a figure
say the internet is an essential which rose to 60% for the
part of their lives, while for under-35s.
the first time ever women The prevalence of mobile
were spending more time phones has also meant that
online than men. attitudes to their use in public

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SMARTPHONE AND INTERNET ADDICTION + 2/3

Complete this graphic from the article with the correct percentages.
How ownership of digital devices has changed over the last decade among people in Britain

Choose five words from the article that you would like to learn and write a definition and
example sentence for each one.
SMARTPHONE AND INTERNET ADDICTION + 3/3

What does the highlighted phrasal verb in this extract from the article mean?

The Guardian August 2018

...they looked at their phone within five minutes of waking up.

There are a number of phrasal verbs with look. Complete the gaps with the appropriate
prepositions to make the verb combinations defined. If you need help, the prepositions
are at the bottom of the page.
1 look _______ take care of
2 look _______ ________ regard with contempt or a feeling of superiority
3 look ________ ________ await (an expected event) eagerly
4 look ________ be vigilant or prepared
5 look ________ inspect or examine (a document, etc.)
6 look ________ search for
7 look ________ ________ respect
8 look _______ turn one’s thoughts to (something past)
Complete these sentences with the phrasal verbs above:
1 ”Can you take care of the children when I’m out?” “Yes, I will __________________ them.”
2 “I can’t wait to go on holiday next week.” “I am _____________________ going away too.”
3 “I don’t think my boss respects me.” “I doubt he _______________________ you given all
the work you do.”
4 “What are you ______________________?” “My mobile phone, I can’t find it anywhere.”
5 _____________________! There’s a dog crossing the road.
6 Can you _______________ this application letter I wrote and tell me what you think of it?
7 He _____________________________ on his time as president with pride.
8 I really __________________________ nurses. It’s a hard job and not well-paid.

Write sentences about yourself with the phrasal verbs.


e.g. I often look after my brother’s children when he is away on business.

after back down for forward on out over to (x2) up

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