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1. Read the article and check which forms of communication … اقرأ المقال وتحقق من أشكال الاتصال |
- make it easier to stay in touch nowadays.
- can be used to convey a short and simple message
- were a good way to quickly spread the message that an enemy was coming.
- could be a good way to make contact if you were stuck on a desert island.
- can carry a message over a long distance.
Answers:
1) the mobile phone and the internet
2) the telegraph
3) bottles
4) smoke signals
5) The mobile phone and the internet. (it depends)
2. Make more collocations with the nouns message, contact, touch, using the verbs from the box. You can use one word twice.
قم بعمل المزيد من التجميعات مع رسالة الأسماء، جهة الاتصال، اللمس، باستخدام الأفعال من الصندوق. يمكنك استخدام كلمة واحدة مرتين.
| deliver establish lose maintain pass on |
1. establish/lose/maintain /contact
2. deliver /pass on a/the message
3. lose touch
3. Discuss in pairs. How can a means of communication change someone’s life? Find examples in the text.
ناقشوا معا. كيف يمكن لوسيلة تواصل ان تغيِّر حياة شخص ما؟ اعثر على أمثلة في النص
Suggested answer: - Communication helps people connect with others, share ideas, and learn new things. It can make friends, solve problems, and even change the world!
فالتواصل يساعد الناس على التواصل مع الآخرين، وتبادل الأفكار، وتعلم أشياء جديدة. فيمكنها ان تكوّن صداقات، تحلّ المشاكل، حتى ان تغيّر العالم !
4. Study the Grammar box and match the underlined phrases 1–11 in the article with the meanings a–k.
ادرس المربع النحوي وطابق العبارات التي تحتها خط 1 - 11 في المقالة مع المعاني a -k
| Present and past tenses |
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We use the Present Simple for:
We use the Present Continuous for:
We use the Past Simple for:
We use the Past Continuous for:
We use the Present Perfect Simple for:
We use the Present Perfect Continuous for:
We use the Past Perfect for: |
5. Match time expressions below with the tenses in Exercise 4. Find more time expressions in the article.
قم بمطابقة تعبيرات الوقت أدناه مع الازمنة في التمرين 4. ابحثوا عن المزيد من تعابير الوقت في المقالة.
| at the moment/ at the time/ currently/ earlier/ today/ ever since/ every so/ often/ for/ from time to time/ in recent years/ nowadays/ once in a while/ recently/ right now/ since/ the day before yesterday/ these days |
| present simple | Present continuous | present perfect | past simple/ continuous: | past perfect |
| Every, so often, from time to time, nowadays, once in a while. | at the moment, currently, right now, these days. | ever since, for, in recent years, recently, since, (since the dawn of time). | at the time, earlier today, the day before yesterday, a little while back (in ancient times, thousands of years ago, at the turn of the twentieth century,) in 1956, two years later(, soon after, in 1837, when). | ever since, for, since (after) |
6. Match the sentence halves. In pairs, discuss the reasons for your answers.
طابق الجملة نصفين ناقشا معا اسباب اجوبتكما.
1- The phone is ringing______b_____. The phone rings ______a_______ .
a. all the time now that we run a business
b. and I can’t find where I’ve put it
2- I’ve been calling Malek______a______. I’ve called Malek_____b_____.
a. all day today
b. a couple of times today
3- It’s getting_____a______. It gets ______b______.
a. easier and easier to stay in touch with people
b. less difficult every time I write an essay
4- I was watching a film____a_____. I watched a film_____b_____.
a. when the lights suddenly went out
b. when I got home from school
5- What do you think____a____? What are you thinking_____b______?
a. of my phone
b. about
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7- VALUES Why is it important to communicate regularly with people we care about? القيم لماذا من المهم ان نتواصل قانونيا مع اشخاص نهتم لأمرهم؟ student own answers |
8- SPEAKING Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
التحدث: اكملوا الجمل بأفكاركم الخاصة
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1. I was talking to a friend the other day when … لقد كنت أتحدث مع صديق 2. By lunchtime yesterday, I had already … بحلول وقت الغداء أمس، كان لدي بالفعل student own answers |
workbook page 4- 5 كتاب النشاط
Present and past tenses
1. Match sentences 1-11with meanings a-k
1- □He's been writing thank-you letter all morning. J
2- □I wrote an English essay last night. e
3- □She's writing a text message right now. c
4- □Young people are writing by hand less often these days. d
5- □I was writing to Jad when he called. g
6- □They've written several very long essays i
7- □We were writing to each other regularly back then. f
8- □I've written down everything she's said so far. h
9- □Fawzi writes at least ten texts every day. c
10- □I'd already talked to that police officer about the burglary, so he knew I was innocent. k
11- □Teenagers rarely write emails. b
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Past Continuous |
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f actions in progress at a specific time in the past g a long activity interrupted by a shorter one |
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Present Perfect Simple |
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h actions and states which began in the past and continue until now i finished actions in the past when we don't say exactly when they happened |
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Present Perfect Continuous |
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j an action in progress or repeated over a period of time up until now |
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Past Perfect |
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k an action in the past that was completed before another action or time in the past |
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Present Simple |
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a routines and habits/things that happen repeatedly b facts and things that are generally true |
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Present Continuous |
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c things happening now or around now d situations which are changing during the present time |
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Past Simple |
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e actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past |
2 Choose the correct time expressions.
1 I usually take a break from my screen right now/ from time to time to rest my eyes.
2 According to my phone, I’ve spent 67 minutes online since nine o'clock / ever since.
3 We've been learning about ancient methods of communication at school recently/ last week.
4 I forgot my password and blocked my email account the day before yesterday / in recent weeks.
5 We were walking on the beach earlier today/ once in a while when we found a message in a bottle.
3. Complete the sentences with the forms from the box. There are two extra forms.
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are becoming /are you using / do you have / do you know / don't usually send / 'm talking / never writes / |
1 Most teenagers prefer texting to calling.
2 My friends and l don’t usually send emails.
3 Once in a while, Zeina writes books.
4 are you using your laptop right now? I' d like to borrow it.
5 Can I call you back? I’m talking to someone else at the moment.
6 Landline telephones are becoming less and less common these days.
7 do you know how much credit you've got left on your phone?
4 Complete the pairs of sentences with the correct endings in bold.
1. All Morning/ Three times today
a I've been texting Heba All Morning
b I've texted Heba Three times today
2 TWO ESSAYS TODAY/ THAT ESSAY SINCE THIS MORNING
a Lama's been writing That essay since this morning
b Lama has written Two essay today
3 ENGLISH FOR VERY LONG/ HOW TO WRITE IN ENGLISH YET
a Abbas hasn't learn Thow to write in English yet
b Abbas hasn't been learning English for every long
5 Complete the story with the correct forms of the verbs from the box.
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concentrate |
| Hani was riding his bike when he (1) ( drop) on the road, his phone. He (2) …………… (concentrate) so he (3) (hear) it fall. He arrived at school and (4) ………… (go) straight to his first lesson. He (5) ……………(sit) in English class when he realised that he (6) …………… (lose) it. He thought he (7) …………… (leave) it at home, but when he got back at the end of the day, it (8) ……….. (not be) there. He never found out what (9) ……………(happen) to it and assumed that someone (10) …………… (steal) it. |
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| 1- dropped | 2- was concentrating | 3- didn’t hear |
| 4- went | 5- was sitting | 6- had lost |
| 7- had left | 8- wasn’t | 9- had happened |
| 10- had stolen | ||
5 Use the prompts to write questions.
1- you/ receive / any hand-written letters/ recently?
Have you received any hand-written letters recently?
2- social media/ change/ the meaning of friendship?
Has social media changed the meaning of friendship?
3- you/ watch/ the documentary/ about communication through the ages/ yesterday?
Did you watch the documentary about communication through the ages yesterday?
4- Grandma/ know/ how to switch on the computer?
Does Grandma know how to switch on the computer?
5- you/ see/ her photos on social media / before you met her?
Had you seen her photos on social media before you met here
6- you/ have a bad dream/ when/ I/ wake/ you up?
Were you having a bad dream when I wake you up?