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1 TECHNOLOGY

VOCABULARY communication 3 Complete the sentences. Use just and the present
perfect form of the verb in brackets.
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. I I'm still tired . I . (wake up)
2 Well done. You all your work for
email webpage internet mobile text blog today. (finish)
chat send
3 I don't want any lunch, thanks. I . (eat)
4 I don't believe it. Sam his phone agai n.
I Do you mind if I use your phone?
(lose)
2 I've just started a new where I write about
5 That 's brilliant! Helen her driving test.
politics, and lots of people are reading it.
(pass)
3 Could you me a copy of the reservation by
6 I'm really sorry. I the bad news. (hear)
fax?
7 Hold on a minute, I'll check. Sheila me
4 I'm just going to check my _ _ _ _ for new messages.
a message. (send)
5 Why don't you send her a message?
8 Let 's go for a walk. It raining. (stop)
6 We don't see each other often but we a lot
9 Hurry up! The taxi . (arrive)
online.
10 You're a bit late. They the meeting.
7 Have you updated the with our new photos?
(start)
8 Have you got Skype? We could talk by pho ne.

GRAMMAR present perfect

2 Put the words in the correct order to complete the
conversations.
Conversation I
A: Are you ready for your holiday?
B: packing / I / fin ished / yet / haven't

Conversation 2
4A Use the prompts to complete the conversations.
A: Don 't forget to call Amy. Conversation I
B: already / to / I've / her / spoken A: Have you finished the book yet? (you / finish / book / yet)
B: Yes, I've already started the next one .
Conversation 3 Conversation 2
A: Hi . You look well! A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? (you / cook / dinner / yet)
B: just / from / we've / holiday / back / yes, / got B: No, . (I / only / just / get
home)
Conversation 4 Conversation 3
A: Is that the new Indiana Jones DVD? A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? (you / ask / wife / yet)
B: haven't / yet / it / watched / yes, / I / but B: No, I'm going to speak to her later.
Conversation 4
Conversation 5 A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? (you / decided / where / w e
A: my / results / just / exam / got / I've going / yet)
B: Yes, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . (we / just / book table /
B: Tell me! How did you do? Mario 's)

Conversation 6 Conversation 5

A: You need to buy a present for Josh. A: Do you want to come and play football?

B: money / but / already / all / I've / spent / my B: No, . (I / already / play / twice
/ this week)
Conversation 6
A: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? (you / see / Miranda)
B: Yes, . (she / just / reave)

B (8 11.1 listen and check.

READING
5 Read the article and choose the best title, a), b) or c). 7 Find words or expressions in the text to
a) The oldest blogger in the world hated the internet match definitions 1-6.
b) Spain's blogging granny was a huge success a message on a website/ blog
(paragraph I): _ __
c) Spanish granny used pen and paper
2 not generous; doesn 't want to spend
money (paragraph I): _ __
3 someone who reads / writes a blog
(paragraph 2): _ _
'No one listens to 4 ideas you believe in strongly (paragraph
old people,' said 2): _ _ _ _ (2 words)
Maria Ame!ia Lopez 5 a comfortable chair (paragraph 2):
on her blog. But she
was wrong. A lot of 6 people aged between thirteen and twenty
people listened to years old (paragraph 4) : _ _ __
her. When she died,
aged "ninety-seven"
LopeZ"Was thought to
be the world's oldest WRITING pronouns
blogger and she was 8 Replace words in the second sentence
certainly one of the with the pronouns in the box.
most successful. Her
first post was made
on her ninety-fifth birthday. It lived with, set up a blog for her
I tRe!:e it here us her them

read: 'Today it's my birthday and as a birthday present. At the time

my grandson, who is very stingy,
gave me a blog.'
A later post reads: 'Since that
day I've had 1,570,784 visits from
bloggers from five continents
who have cheered up myoId age.'
From cleaning ladies in Brazil to
the Spanish president, people
have enjoyed reading what Lopez
had to say. She was funny and
friendly and she had some strong
opinions. 'Old people need to
wake up a bit,' she said. 'You have
to live life. Don't take pills and fall
asleep in the armchair.'
At first, Lopez didn't know
anything ··about computers. 'I
thought a blog was a kind of
paper notebook,' she said. But
her grandson, Daniel, who she
he had no idea how it would We went to the beach. We had a lovely
change their lives. Lopez received - there
hundreds of emails, many in time! on tRe beacR.
languages she didn't understand.
Although she had helpers, 2 I visited my grandmother. I took my
including Daniel, and friends she
grandmother out to lunch .
met on the internet, she couldn't
reply to everyone. 3 I saw some friends . I hadn 't seen my
When she was on her own,
Lopez loved reading the online friends for a long time.
newspapers and chatting on the
internet. She said it helped her to 4 He's just started a new job. He's enjoying
keep in touch with the younger
the new job.
generation. Teenagers wrote
to Lopez to tell her about their
5 The waiter smiled at Mark and me. Then
lives, and ask her for advice. She
thought that everybody should he gave Mark and me the bill.
use the internet. For Lopez, it was
one of the best experiences of her 6 This place is so beautiful. I'd like to stay in
life.
this place for ever.

6 Read the text again. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
I People from all around the world have read Maria Lopez's blog. __
2 Lopez knew a lot about computers before she started writing the blog.

3 Lopez's grandson, Daniel, started the blog for his grandmother as a

birthday present. __
4 He knew that it (the internet) would change Lopez's life. __
5 Lopez always replied to the emails she received . __
6 The internet put Lopez in touch with younger people. __