UNIT NAME: Diana Guzmán

Consolidation
3 VOCABULARY DATE: 17-01-2024
COURSE: 2do BGU “C”

Media and news 4 Choose the correct answers.

1 Find eight media words in the wordsearch.
H E A D L I N E P J
L Y W G A D F N R O
F E G O S T R E O U
O W R S V I E W E R
P I E S H O O S U N
X T E I P H O F T A
C N U P D A T E N L
B E S N O L K E R I
I S S U E R D D U S
1 Dad’s boss criticized him against / for eating
E S G I I M L E R M lunch at his desk.
2 I’m worried about how my mum will react to /
2 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order to against this news.
complete the sentences.
3 I think the document is referring to / about his
1 She is the presenter (spreneret) of a
time in the army.
sports programme.
4 I have some important information I want to
2 The news came from a
share with / to you.
(crouse) in the government.
5 I never comment for / on things my friends post
3 The earthquake was the main
on social media.
(yrtos) in all the papers that day.
6 I haven’t responded to / about her email yet.
4 The magazine makes most of its money from
7 Did the newspaper report to / on the accident?
(sitrevdanig).
8 The man warned the children against / to
5 The police had a problem because there were no
swimming in the dirty water.
(tyeeswnesise).
6 Never listen to (iposgs). It’s
FAST FINISHER
usually untrue.
5 Choose the correct sentences.
Communication: verbs and
1 a The presenter explained the background to
prepositions the story.
3 Complete the past simple sentences with the verbs b The viewer explained the background to the
in the box. story.
2 a Mum tried to admit me for breaking the plate.
admit   blame   boast   complain
report   warn b Mum tried to blame me for breaking the plate.
3 a The journalist refused to say who the source
1 Gabriel to breaking the of her story was.
window.
b The journalist refused to say who the update
2 They about the terrible of her story was.
food.
4 a We criticized to the hotel manager about the
3 She about the things her dirty room.
parents had bought her.
b We complained to the hotel manager about
4 As a journalist, he on the the dirty room.
police investigation for a local TV station.
5 a The magazine makes most of its money from
5 Anna me for missing the advertise.
train after I told her the wrong time.
b The magazine makes most of its money from
6 The man the children advertising.
against swimming in the dirty water.

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Consolidation
3 GRAMMAR

be/get used to get for change

1 Complete the captions with the words in the box. 2 Match the sentence halves.
get used to    gets used to    got used to    1 We were late for a got married a year
’s used    weren’t used to Joe’s party because later.
we
1 2 Laura and Tony met b got very cold at night.
in 2019 and
3 When we accused c got lost on the way.
I’ll never Frank of lying, he
4 The work was very d got better in time for
getting up so early! hard, and we all the wedding.
5 Lucy was ill last e got very angry.
month, but she
6 The days were warm, f got tired and bad-
2
but it tempered.

Our footballers Question forms

struggled because they
3 Put the words in the correct order to make
questions.
the hot weather.
1 do / like / video games / best / you / which / ?
Which video games ?
2 Eric / live / near / does / here / ?
3

3 was / Eva / very / she / wasn’t / angry, / ?

I hated living in a
city at first, but I’ve
4 yesterday / to / did / speak / James / you / ?
it now.
5 you / could / to buy / a ticket / me / where / tell / ?

4 6 told / you / about / who / the party / ?

7 explain / why / so / can / angry / you were / you / ?

After 20 years
as a teacher, she

explaining things clearly. FAST FINISHER

4 Choose the correct sentences.

1 a Can you tell me when does this shop open?
5
b Can you tell me when this shop opens?
2 a I’m not used to being alone in the house.
I’m sure Scott will b I’m not used to be alone in the house.
enjoy the job when he 3 a Harry’s blogs are interesting, isn’t it?
b Harry’s blogs are interesting, aren’t they?
it.
4 a My aunty and uncle are being divorced.
b My aunty and uncle are getting divorced.
5 a Who gave you that book?
b Who did give you that book?

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3 READING

Using social media

1 Read the text and tick (ü) the things it mentions.
1 Numbers of people using social media. 4 The time people spend on social media.
2 Negative effects of social media. 5 The use of social media in education.
3 Things people use social media for. 6 Social media sites in different countries.

SOCIAL MEDIA, GLOBAL CONNECTION?

by Lee Olsen 17 June 2021

A
ccording to losing popularity with young
the website people. We shouldn’t forget
DataReportal, that platforms operating in
4.2 billion people were languages other than English
using social media at the are also extremely popular
beginning of 2021 – that’s in certain areas of the
63.6 per cent of the world’s world, for example WeChat
population. And with 490 and QZone in China and
million new users of social VKontakte (also known as
media in 2020 alone, it’s VK) in Russian-speaking
clear that this number is likely to for everything from booking a countries.
grow and fast. train ticket to finding out the In fact, the average social
Meanwhile more than two- latest gossip about our favourite media user is on eight or more
thirds of the world now have a celebrities. Research shows that we sites. This is partly because we use
mobile phone, and most of us use social media most as a source of different sites for different things.
spend several hours a day online. news information, though its role For instance, Taringa!, aimed
However, figures are different in providing entertainment, such mainly at Spanish speakers, is
from country to country, with the as music or videos, is close behind. known for life tips, recipes, reviews
Philippines leading the way with a We also spend huge amounts of and other similar information,
huge eleven and a half hours a day time using it to share messages while most people use LinkedIn
online compared to just four and a and photos with family and to contact people about, or
half hours in Japan. friends. discuss issues connected with,
Why are we spending so much So, which social media work.
time staring at screens? Well, platforms are we using most? At the Whatever our reasons for
the main reason is that we have time of writing, Facebook is still using social media, it’s difficult to
got used to using technology the clear leader, with the most users understand how we used to manage
in so many areas of our lives, in 154 countries, but it may be without it!

2 Read the text again and complete the sentences. 3 COMPARE CULTURES Discuss the questions.
1 In 2020, people started • What are the most popular forms of social media
using social media. in your country?
2 The second most popular reason for using social • Are there any social media platforms specially
media is for . for people who speak your language? If yes,
3 Facebook is probably becoming less popular what are they, and what do people use them for?
with . • Is there a difference between the way old and
4 VKontakte is popular in countries where people young people use social media in your country?
speak . • Do you think your country has more or less
5 People use LinkedIn for . internet use than average? Give reasons for your
answer.

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