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messages sent using SMS and MMS
Text Message	This idiom / phrasal verb means to add credit to your phone

Handout 2
Telephone Quiz
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1	When you pick up the phone to call someone you hear a .
2	If I'm not home leave a message on my machine.
3	Sally must be talking to her mom because I have been getting a for two hours.
4	I never answer my while I'm driving.
5	Mark always turns his off when he is studying.
6	I'm busy right now. Can you later.
7	You have to "0" for the operator.
8	I have a so I can do the dishes and chat at the same time.
9	You will need a quarter or a phone card if you want to use the .
10	I know it was my boyfriend who called because I have .

Handout 3
Gap filling
A mobile phone (also known as …………. ……, cell phone and ……. ………..) is a device that can make and ………. telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to …… ……….. provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public ………. ……………... By contrast, …………… ………….. is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.
In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as ………. ………………, MMS, email, Internet access, ………………. ………….. wireless communications (infrared, ……………….), business applications, gaming and photography. Mobile phones that offer these and more general …………….. ………………… are referred to as smartphones.
The first ………………. mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using …………. ………… around 2.2 pounds (1 kg). In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first to be commercially available. From 1990 to 2011, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 6 billion, penetrating about 87% of the ……. ……….. and reaching the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Mobile phones are used for a variety of purposes, including keeping … …….. with family members, conducting business, and having access to a telephone in the event of an emergency. Some people carry more than one cell phone for different purposes, such as for business and personal use. Multiple …… ……… may also be used to take advantage of the benefits of different calling plans—a particular plan might provide cheaper local calls, ……….. ………………….., international calls, or ………….. .
Mobile telephony also …………… activism and public journalism being explored by Reuters and Yahoo! and small independent news companies such as Jasmine New in Sri Lanka.

telephone network, SIM cards, a hand, phone, a cordless telephone , in touch, global population,text messaging, a cellular phone, receive, facilitates, hand-held, roaming, Bluetooth, a cellular network

short-range, computing capabilities, long-distance calls, a handset weighing