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ENGLISH 99 THEME 10

ACTIVITY SHEETS TELEVISION AND SOCIAL MEDIA

COMPETENCES • Students will be able to skim short and simple texts to draw a conclusion in terms of social media.

4 Read the text and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE. 6 Match the words below with their definitions. One definition is extra.

a. a message or a picture that is shared on a social network.
1 username g b. let, give permission.
2 website e c. a sequence of characters that must be entered to gain access.
3 online f d. a person who supports and admires a person.
4 permit b e. a set of related web pages located under a single domain name.
f. connected to a system, a computer or the Internet.
5 follower d g. a made-up name to access to a computer, network or an online service.
6 post a

In pairs, read the sentences and discuss the correct option in bold. Then, listen and check your
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answers. Tapescript 10.1

1. The maximum number of friendships that an
average person can maintain in real world is
about 130/250.
2. An average social media user has 250/2250
online friends.
3. Older people have fewer/more online friends
than younger people.
4. Mary Haywood had 1790/4980 friends on
Mybook when she died.
5. Ms. Haywood had more than 16000/60000
followers on Photogram when she died.

5 What do the words in bold refer to in the text?
8 Listen to the text again and complete the sentences with a word/phrase.

permitted
1. The maximum number of friends _____________________ on a social media website is 5000.
choosing their friends
2. Older people are more selective in____________________.
3. Mary Haywood was a/an_____________________ among old people.
exception
4. Ms. Haywood’s _____________________ was on March 6, 2012.
last post
March 6, 2012
5. At the time of her death in ___________________ Ms. Haywood she was 102.

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