Practice 1 (Vocabulary) SVIP

Put the words/phrases into groups.

Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1. Anti-virus software is a must if your computer is connected to / on the Internet.

2. Once they start using the Internet, they can connect with / from friends and family members any time.

3. I did a search with / for any articles by Varenqe on the web, and I found quite a few.

4. Many teenagers are addicted with / to surfing the Net.

5. Many customers now access ∅ / to their accounts using the Internet.

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________ includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else.

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Communication through ________ and other instant forms of online communication are short and basic.

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Television is an increasingly important ________ of communication.

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The programme will be ________ live from Banbury School in Oxfordshire.

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The ________ are generally believed to be more serious than the tabloids.

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The International Olympic Committee's official ________ has a lot of interesting information.

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The television company has lost a large part of its ________ since it changed its programming.

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Some social networking sites help you to ________ with native speakers so you can ask questions or have your writing drafts corrected.

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________, for example on Twitter, can be for anything from "what I'm doing now" to coverage of serious political events.

Complete the sentences using the words given.

1. Email is an way of contacting a large number of people.

2. A lot of people nowadays have become to the Internet.

3. The company began its banking service three years ago.

4. You can visit our website for a tour of the museum.

5. Many teenagers nowadays are too on the Internet.

Complete the text using the words given.

Mass media is a very tool to influence the minds of anyone, especially teenagers. Teenagers are in a stage of growing up where everything around them. The way they talk, dress and act a lot on what they are exposed to. For example, if a teenager sees his or her favourite celebrity use a product, he or she may want to buy it regardless of how the product is. This is a strategy many big businesses use to easily products, even if they are of bad quality.

Choose the word whose meaning is CLOSEST to the underlined one.

The internet is an invaluable source of information and has opened up opportunity for people to learn over the world.

Choose the word whose meaning is CLOSEST to the underlined one.

I suggest you sign up for Google Alerts. It's the best way to keep up to date on issues which are important to your industry.