Emoji

Emoji is important. In fact, it makes us more effective communicators in the digital ......

• age

• time

• year

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

Vyv Evans describes people who don't approve of emojis as the grammar ..... - a slang term referring to people who want to see formal language and grammar

• teachers

• police

• rulers

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The grammar police criticise modern styles of English and like to correct other people's mistakes ..... spelling and grammar

• over

• about

• in

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

According to Professor Evans, the grammar police have a ...... view of emojis

• jeopardized

• jaundiced

• jellified

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

They only see the negative side of them because ..... their own ideas and experiences

• -

• on

• of

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What's more, they think emojis are taking us ...... to the dark ages of illiteracy, when most people couldn't read or write

• back

• over

• forward

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

If someone refers to the dark ages, they mean a past time in history considered uncivilised, and .............. by ignorance

• characterising

• characterised

• characteristic

But luckily for emoji fans, the grammar police are in the .......

• middle

• majority

• minority

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Over 6 billion emoji messages are ...... around the world every day

• sent

• being sent

• have been sent

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

With about 70 percent ....... emotion-based characters like [smiley face] and [blowing kisses].

• considering

• coinciding

• containing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4