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The New Zealand rugby team does a haka, a traditional dance and chant, before its games.
Look at the photo and answer the questions.
1. What are these people doing? How are they communicating?
2. In what ways do you communicate with your family and friends?
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UNIT 7 GOALS
A. Talk about Personal Communication
B. Exchange Contact Information
C. Describe Characteristics and Qualities
D. Compare Types of Communication
E. Compare Formal and Informal Communication
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A GOAL Talk about Personal Communication
Vocabulary
A In groups, read the information about teenagers in the US. Which facts do you think are surprising? Not surprising?
How Teenagers Use Technology in the US
72% look at their smartphone as soon as they wake up.
85% share photos on social media.
100% who have a smartphone write text messages.
78% use Internet search engines to help with school work.
41% send their teachers emails.
45% use the Internet almost all the time.
90% play video games on a computer or a game console.
61% watch TV shows on the Internet, not on a traditional TV.
B Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.
| social media emails Internet smartphone game console |
1. I prefer __emails__ to handwritten letters.
2. Are you looking for the latest games for that ______________?
3. Many people love using ______________ networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
4. How often do you surf the ______________?
5. Don't look at your ______________ for too long because the blue light from the screen can make it difficult to sleep.
C Cross out the one verb that cannot be used with the noun.
1. share / take / write a photo 4. search / find / use the Internet
2. switch on / look into / turn off the TV 5. play / download / read video games
3. watch / send / check text messages 6. buy / log on to use social media
D In pairs, write four sentences using the phrases in C.
E Work with another pair. Read each of your sentences in D, but do not say the verb. Can the other pair guess the missing verb?
I often... photos of my friends on social media.
Is it share?
Yes, it is. Correct!
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Grammar (See Grammar Reference p. 154)
| Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses |
| Defining Relative Clauses | Non-defining Relative Clauses | |
| who | They are the people who / that want to play video games. | Mary, who talked to our teacher yesterday, often shares stories on social media. |
| whom | They are the people (whom / that) you will work with this semester. | Mary, whom our teacher talked to yesterday, often shares stories on social media. |
| which | Here are some photos which / that were taken during our trip. | I often play video games on my game console, which is as small as a calculator. I often play video games on my game console, which my father bought for me last holiday. |
| whose | That is the man whose phone is broken. | That man, whose phone is broken, was in the store yesterday. |
| when | That was the time when I got my first smartphone. | The news came in at 11 a.m. yesterday, when I was still in class. |
| where | The Internet is a place where you can find all kinds of information. | Last summer we went to Sapa, where we took a lot of beautiful photos. |
F Underline the relative clauses in the following sentences. Label the clauses as defining relative clauses (a) or non-defining relative clauses (b).
1. Phones are devices that help us capture important moments. ___a___
2. My computer, which is a gift from my parents, helps me in my study. _______
3. I often exchange emails with a foreign student whose native language is English. _______
4. I often play video games with my brother, who is really good at them. _______
5. My mother loves her phone, which she uses to take photos all the time. _______
6. I use Internet search engines to find information that is useful for my essay. _______
G Rewrite the sentences with relative clauses. Use a comma if necessary.
1. These are some websites. You can find answers to your exercises there.
These are _______________________________________________________________
2. I want to find my phone. The phone contains all of my photos.
I want _______________________________________________________________.
3. I love this game console. You gave me the game console for my birthday.
I love _______________________________________________________________
✔️GOAL CHECK
Talk about Personal Communication
1. Look at the facts in A again. Which sentences are true for you? Rewrite the untrue sentences so that they are true for you.
2. In pairs, use your answers in exercise 1 to tell your partner about how you communicate. Comment on your partner's answers.
I don't play video games that are violent.
Same here. I don't play violent video games either. I like to take photos with my camera, which my father bought for me last Christmas.
