basic 7 reading u7

In your opinion, what are the most useful features of a smartphone?

(You can choose more than 1)

• Internet access

• Camera quality

• Software applications

• Operating system

• Audio and video quality

In your opinion, which problems do smartphones cause ?

Which sentence describes the infographic best?

• It describes different types of smartphones and explains which phones work better for doing certain tasks.

• It gives information about what people do with their smartphones and when they do it.

• It shows how many people in the world are using a smartphone at certain times and how long they use it for.

Complete these sentences.

In 1992, IBM produced the first______

• smartphone

• 50 million

• taxis

• waking up

• friends

Complete these sentences.

BlackBerry sold more than_____ devices in 2011.

• 15 million

• 50 million

• taxis

• waking up

• friends

Complete these sentences.

The same number of people use a smartphone to pay for _______and for public transportation.

• buses

• 50 million

• taxis

• waking up

• friends

Complete these sentences.

The same number of people use their smartphone to make work calls and check their smartphone within five minutes of_____ .

• buses

• 50 million

• taxis

• waking up

• friends

Complete these sentences.

About the same number of people use their smartphone while watching TV and while talking to____

• family

• 50 million

• taxis

• waking up

• friends

Check (✓) two conclusions from a–d that we can draw from the article and infographic.

• Smartphones cause a lot of problems and are not safe to use while driving.

• A smartphone is an important tool with many uses.

• Smartphones are useful both for work and in personal life.

• The price of smartphones is too high.