Zahiriddin muhammad bobur nomidagi andijon davlat universiteti ingliz tili grammatikasi kafedrasi

Activity 3. In which paragraph(s) does the blogger talk about...
1. how our children will be affected by our addiction to our phones? …………….
2. a social event where people were using their phones rather than socializing? ………………
3. what her husband thinks about her mobile phone habits? ………………
4. how people used to make friends in the days before mobiles? ……………..
5. how she's trying to deal with her own phone addiction? ……………..
6. what her daughter wants for her birthday? ……………..

Suggested answer: 1 4 2 2/4 3 3 4 2 5 5 6 4

Activity 4. Read these statements from mobile phone users and tick those who agree with the points that Jo made in her blog.

Suggested answer: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Activity 5. Match the terms to the definitions.

1. Twitter
2. to Tweet
3. Tweets
4. Tweeters (also known Twitterers and Twee pie)
5. to follow somebody
6. followers

a. people who post messages on Twitter

b. a microblogging network where users communicate by posting messages no longer than 140 characters
с. to post a message on Twitter
d. to sign up to receive somebody's messages in your timeline
e. messages on Twitter
f. people who receive your messages are described in this way

Suggested answer: 1. B 2. С 3. E 4. A 5. D 6. F