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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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