Use of English for advanced learners 5 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. USE OF ENGLISH - 05 a. (passive voice) FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS b. (causative form) Develop Your Use of English skills: rephrasing and transforming 3. I regret putting that photo online! I. Choose the sentence which means the same as the first. a. (wish) 1. I was offered the job because of my Linked Inđ profile. b. (modal perfect) a. My Linkedln profile was responsible for me getting the job. IV. Complete each sentence using the correct form of a word from box A and a b. I got the job in spite of my Linkedlnđ profile. word from box B. 2. We found out about, their engagement on Twitter. a. When we heard they were engaged, we tweeted the news ourselves. A: adapt ■ depend ■ essential ■ interact ■ typical b. We hadn’t heard about their engagement until we read their tweet. 3. He has so many friends on Facebook that he can’t possibly check all their updates. B: for ■ of ■ on ■ to ■ with a. He doesn’t check all his Facebook friends’ updates, so he has more time to make new friends. 1. I believe it is people to have hobbies awray from their computers. b. He can’t, check all his Facebook friends’ updates because there are so many of 2. Carla her internet connection to speak to her family back home. them. 3. My uncle took up blogging to help him life after retirement. 4. She had a wi-fi connection set. up so her customers could connect to the Internet free 4. I waited over an hour for Sanjay to call on Skype™, but that sort of behaviour is of charge. him. a. She wanted her customers to access the Internet without paying, so she had a wi-fi 5. Having a smartphone has really helped me clients more easily connection installed. b. She wanted to set up internet access for her customers, but she didn’t want to pay V. Rewrite each sentence using the verb form of the noun in bold. for it. 1 There is a need for further study into the effect computer games have on people’s 5. I saved all the photos you uploaded onto one of my storage devices. social skills. a. Your online photos have been transferred to one of my storage devices. 2. I am in constant communication with friends and family around the world using the b. I downloaded the photos you posted onto my laptop. Internet. II. Decide if the sentences have the same meaning (S) or a different meaning (D). 3. It is my hope that I can increase my bandwidth so I can actually call you on Skype™ 1. She takes pleasure in posting comments on online newspaper articles. in future. She frequently skips the comments section of online newspaper articles. D 4. Some of the readers had a debate about the tennis final in the newspaper’s comments 2. This open source software allows you to call people on their mobile phones without section. charge. 5. There has been an increase in popularity of online multiplayer games with people This software is open source and lets you make free calls to mobile phones. . over the age of 35. 3. You don’t, have to be computer savvy to know how to share videos on the Internet. Even a computer novice can learn how to share videos online. VI. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb given. 4. Young people often imagine that humans were socially detached before the 1. MEET invention of instant messaging and social media. a. some old university classmates online was quite surprising after all these It is not uncommon for younger generations to believe people were more sociable years. before the advent of electronic communications. b. I didn’t expect old university classmates online after all these years. 5. I have been a member of this bulletin board for the last five years. 2. BECOME I first, signed up to this bulletin board five years ago. a. In the years following her graduation, she a very competent online gamer. III. Rewrite each sentence using the structure given. b. She went on a very competent online gamer. 1. A thousand people follow me on Twitter. 3. MAKE a. (passive voice) a. I hated telephone calls on the Internet at first, but now it’s fine. b. (have as a main verb) b. I got used telephone calls on the Internet. 2. We asked an expert to install our new computer system 4. SPEAK a. Pierre would rather on Skype™ than on the landline. Thẩm Tõm Vy, April 23rd, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS ~ 05
2. b. Pierre would prefer on Skype™ to talking on the landline. Only when I get home from work the videos you shared. 7. Can you help me think of new ideas for my fashion website? VII. Tick the transformations that are correct. If a transformation is wrong, I need some with new ideas for my fashion website. explain why. 8. I can’t possibly upload all the videos to my Vimeo page before the end of the day. 1. Thieves have illegally accessed the business’s accounts. It is all the videos to my Vimeo page before the end of the day. INTO The business accounts have been hacked into by thieves. IX. Match a word or phrase in each sentence with a phrase from the list below. in the habit of ■ keep in touch sign up ■ while away ■ work together 2. Employers are said to be worried about the use of social media in the workplace. 1. I am going to subscribe to an online newspaper to help reduce paper waste. CONCERN There is concern about employers using social media in the workplace. 2. Yann hasn’t tried to communicate with Eva since she left town. 3. I don’t share your views on social networking,’ my computer science professor said. 3. Online gaming can help US learn how to cooperate with people from different AGREE backgrounds. My computer science professor told me she hadn’t agreed with my views on social 4. She got bored watching television and decided to pass the time by reading from networking. her Kindle. 5. These days, young people are accustomed to surfing the net rather than getting out 4. I don’t think they should restrict internet access for office workers. and about. PLACE They shouldn’t put restrictions on internet access for office workers. X. Complete the paragraph using the information from the dialogue. Write no more than four words in each gap. 5. There have been more new email subscribers this year than ever before. NUMBER Virgil: What are you doing here, Mira? I haven't seen you logged in for months. There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of email subscribers Mira: It's just been really hectic at work. I couldn't get online as often as I'd have this year. liked. Virgil: Are things calmer for you at work now? 6. I don’t think it’s a good idea to change your company’s domain name. Mira: Work is much quieter now. I'm glad, because I missed having some free IN time to chat with everyone. I don’t see the point in you change your company’s domain name. Virgil: We were all wondering what had happened to you. Now that you'll have more free time, why don't we finally arrange to meet in person? Mira: Don't be silly! I still don't have time to travel halfway round the world to see you! VIII. Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first. Use no more than six words. Virgil asked Mira what (1) He said he (2) logged in for 1. Before I signed up to Instagram, I wouldn’t share my videos with my friends. months. Mira replied that it (3) really hectic at work and she explained that Before I signed up to Instagram, I never my friends. she wasn’t (4) as often as she’d have liked. Virgil wondered 2. The number of subscribers to our website is now at an all-time high. (5) for her at work now. Mira responded that work (6) now. Our website has as it has now. She told him she was glad, as she (7) free time to chat with everyone. 3. You can upload as many photos as you like onto the site. Virgil stated that everyone had (8) what had happened to her. He suggested There is no of photos you can upload onto the site. that they finally arrange to meet in person since Mira (9) free time. Mira 4. I love using social networking sites, even though I don’t have much experience. told him (10) silly. She explained that she still did not have time to travel I love using social networking sites, in little experience. halfway round the world to see him. 5. I don’t know why Daisy deleted her Facebook account. I don’t know what delete her Facebook account. 6. I won’t be able to watch the videos you shared until I get home from work. Thẩm Tõm Vy, April 23rd, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS ~ 05
3. XI. Rewrite each sentence by changing the words in bold to the part of speech given. 1. I prefer Google+ because it gives me more control than Facebook. (change to a noun) My preference is for Google+ because it gives me more control than Facebook 2. He has over a million followers on Twitter. (change to a verb) 3. My grandson really encouraged me when I started using a computer. (change to a noun) 4. Social networking sites need to solve the problem of identity theft. (change to a noun) 5. You need to have stronger security on your computer. (change to a verb) ANSWER KEY Thẩm Tõm Vy, April 23rd, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS ~ 05