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Iñigo Castellano & María Monge-Navarro
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Three-quarters own an MP3 player, 60% have their own computer and 71% have a mobile phone. PRESENT SIMPLE We use this tense because... 1. True Recent Facts 2. Happening in the present 3. Hobbies that happen and still happen in the present
She said it had changed the way they ate, slept, made friends, fought, planned and played. PAST SIMPLE We use this tense because... 1. The action started and finished at a specific time in the past 2. It lists a series of completed actions in the past 3. Talking about a habit that stopped
No mobile phones, MP3 players, TV, DVD´s or computers were allowed in the house. PASSIVE VOICE We use passive voice because... We use the passive form if we think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized.
She said it had changed the way they ate, slept, made friends, fought, planned and played. REPORTED SPEECH We use reported speech because... 1. To say what another person said previously / To speak in the name of another person 2. This kind of text by rule is not able to use dialogue. It´s reporting what another person said
Links ideas: this observation led to her experiment, which is the subject of her book, ¨The Winter of our Disconnect.¨ Contrasting ideas: However they got used to their new way of life LINKING WORDS/CONNECTIVES We use linking words to... 1. Link ideas 2. Contrast ideas 3. Add ideas to the concepts
QUESTION 1: What will you find most difficult about the week? ANSWERS Iñigo: I wouldn´t like not to be able to comunicate with my friends by whatsapp or not to be able to go out with them. María: I think that i would find most difficult not being able to speak with my friends and family, especially given to the fact that I don´t get to see them everyday.
QUESTON 2: What, if anything, will you enjoy about having no electronic devices. ANSWERS Iñigo: Doing lot´s of sport daily, specially basketball or tennis. María: As technology wouldn´t be an option to spend time with anymore I think I would start doing things I don´t do very often, like, for example, cook with my family, play some kind of sport with my friends, read more, etc. The thing is, I probably would spend my time doing more active and productive worthwhile activities rather then looking at my phone every two seconds.
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