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32 Unit 05 | Reach out! 9 I’m going to Lea’s party too. I can pick you   on the way if you like. 10 I’m not sure what the capital city of Portugal is. I’m going to look it   on the internet. 11 I’ve lost my locker key and can’t work   what I did with it. Have you seen it anywhere? 12 Learning foreign languages helps to break   the barriers between people. 13 Max couldn’t figure   what the letter said as the handwriting was so bad. 14 Once a year during Earth Hour we are all encouraged to turn   our lights. 15 Please put   that mobile phone and eat your meal. 16 The bus went straight past my stop so I couldn’t get   . 17 The test starts now. Please write   your answers on the lined paper provided. 18 They really shouldn’t sit next to each other in class. They don’t get   at all. 19 We’re late for class. Come   , hurry up! 20 Would the last person to leave please shut   all the computers? Read about how texting changes communication again. Some words are missing. Change the word in brackets to form the missing word for each gap (1–8). Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 5 Texting has made communication much less complicated by, for example, (0) (help) people avoid long, (1) (pleasant) phone conversations and making a quick “Hello” much easier. It is the (2) (prefer) method of communication among young people, and that trend is (3) (move) upward towards adults, who are also texting much more often. It is obvious that it is (4) (rapid) changing the ways people communicate with one another both via text and in person. Texting (5) (courage) fast, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication doesn’t have a positive effect on face-to-face (6) (communicate) . Consequently, people who text a lot may be more (7) (comfort) with in-person communication and may even use their mobile phones to communicate with people who are in their (8) (present) . 0 helping 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv