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Developing reading for meaning skills
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1What is the FAP of this extract?
- ANewspaper article for middle-class adults to examine, explore and entertain
- BMagazine article for young adults to argue, persuade advise
- CWebpage for parents to explain, inform and advise
- DNewspaper article for parents to inform, explain and describe
2The article is written in the first person, past tense.
- ATrue
- BFalse
3Provide three examples of colloquial language from the extract. Choose from the drop-down menus.
Example 1: [blank_start]gadgets and gizmos[blank_end]
Example 2: [blank_start]the zero-tolerance stance[blank_end]
Example 3: [blank_start]let's give it a go[blank_end]
- Agadgets and gizmos
- Bmobiles and laptops
- CiPads and PS3s
- Dthe zero-tolerance stance
- Eexercised restraint
- Ffollowed the standard
- Glet's give it a go
- Hany effort to preserve family life
- Isurprisingly little fus
4What language feature is being used in this quotation?
Like a horse doing showjumping that, at each successive fence, goes "Nah. Thanks all the same. I'd rather not bother"
- ASimile
- BMetaphor
- CJuxtaposition
5Which of these phrases indicate that use of technology becomes like an addiction?
- AIt's not as if we'd become addicted.
- Binability to abstain
- Cbecoming slaves to technology
- Dwe relaxed our vigil
- Ewe could forsake them all
- Fwe had exercised restraint
6What do we learn about the writer and his family from these two paragraphs?
- AAware of danger of relying on technology
- BTried to live traditionally
- Cimpose sensible rules
- DTrying to achieve balance
- EFelt they had won
- FParents left behind by tech
- Gkids more tech-savvy
- HUse of tech is inevitable
- IAppeal to the reader
7Which of the following techniques are used to interest us in the issue of modern technology. Tick all that apply
- AColloquial language
- BInformal tone
- CHumour
- Dcliches
- Esimiles
- FRhetorical questions
- GEmotive language
- HJuxtapositions
- ISensory language
8Choose three examples of language used for humourous effect from the drop-down menus .
Example 1: [blank_start]It wasn't fine. It was a farce.[blank_end]
Example 2: [blank_start]A degree of respect (sort of) for[blank_end] the age certificates on films and games
Example 3: The [blank_start]blighters could watch telly[blank_end] after lights out!
- AIt wasn't fine. It was a farce.
- BNicola and I are educated people
- CIt'd be fine
- DA degree of respect (sort of) for
- EAn awareness of
- FA strict adherence to
- Gblighters could watch telly
- Hchildren could watch television
- Ikids could watch the TV
9Which of the following quotes from the extract sums up what the writer was trying to achieve?
- Aequipping our children (and ourselves) with the requisite electronic tools, while not allowing them to take over.
- BWe made any effort to preserve family life
- CFresh air, exercise, reading, chores, all-round general wholesomeness
- DA firm stance on TVs in bedrooms
10The writer comes to the conclusion that you just have to give in and allow technology to control you.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- a 10 question quiz based on an extract from a Sunday Times article about our reliance on modern technology. The questions in the quiz test the reading for meaning skills learners have been taught in the video lesson.
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- Sarah Holmes
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- English
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- Created on 13 Oct 2015 · updated on 3 Jan 2017
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