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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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Developing reading for meaning skills

Developing reading for meaning skills

Question 1 of 10 Question 1 of 10

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What is the FAP of this extract?

Select one of the following:

  • Webpage for parents to explain, inform and advise

  • Newspaper article for parents to inform, explain and describe

  • Magazine article for young adults to argue, persuade advise

  • Newspaper article for middle-class adults to examine, explore and entertain

Explanation

Question 2 of 10 Question 2 of 10

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The article is written in the first person, past tense.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 10 Question 3 of 10

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Provide three examples of colloquial language from the extract. Choose from the drop-down menus.
Example 1: ( gadgets and gizmos, mobiles and laptops, iPads and PS3s )
Example 2: ( the zero-tolerance stance, exercised restraint, followed the standard )
Example 3: ( let's give it a go, any effort to preserve family life, surprisingly little fus )

Explanation

Question 4 of 10 Question 4 of 10

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What 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"

Select one of the following:

  • Simile

  • Juxtaposition

  • Metaphor

Explanation

Question 5 of 10 Question 5 of 10

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Which of these phrases indicate that use of technology becomes like an addiction?

Select one or more of the following:

  • inability to abstain

  • we had exercised restraint

  • we could forsake them all

  • becoming slaves to technology

  • It's not as if we'd become addicted.

  • we relaxed our vigil

Explanation

Question 6 of 10 Question 6 of 10

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Click on each orange point and write the correct answer.

What do we learn about the writer and his family from these two paragraphs?

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Question 7 of 10 Question 7 of 10

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Which of the following techniques are used to interest us in the issue of modern technology. Tick all that apply

Select one or more of the following:

  • Colloquial language

  • Emotive language

  • Juxtapositions

  • Informal tone

  • Humour

  • cliches

  • similes

  • Rhetorical questions

  • Sensory language

Explanation

Question 8 of 10 Question 8 of 10

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Choose three examples of language used for humourous effect from the drop-down menus .
Example 1: ( It wasn't fine. It was a farce., Nicola and I are educated people, It'd be fine )
Example 2: ( A degree of respect (sort of) for, An awareness of, A strict adherence to ) the age certificates on films and games
Example 3: The ( blighters could watch telly, children could watch television, kids could watch the TV ) after lights out!

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Question 9 of 10 Question 9 of 10

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Which of the following quotes from the extract sums up what the writer was trying to achieve?

Select one of the following:

  • We made any effort to preserve family life

  • equipping our children (and ourselves) with the requisite electronic tools, while not allowing them to take over.

  • Fresh air, exercise, reading, chores, all-round general wholesomeness

  • A firm stance on TVs in bedrooms

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Question 10 of 10 Question 10 of 10

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The writer comes to the conclusion that you just have to give in and allow technology to control you.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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