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1 A video
2 Facts about social media sites
Read some facts from the Internet (2020) on the following slides about social media sites and connect them with the photographs of sites.
3 The founder of Facebook
Read the text and decide whether the sentences are True or False.
1 Mark Zuckerberg was born into a rich family.
2 His mother worked as a psychiatrist her entire life.
3 He had four siblings.
4 He created a programme Zuckweb to communicate with his family.
5 He dropped out of Harward after his second year of university.
6 He was the only person behind Facebook in 2004.
4 Facebook
Fill the gaps about Facebook with the words given below.
5 Listening
Listen to Isabella talking about her experience with social media sites and apps and fill in the missing words.
I know that most of my friends would agree with the fact that when it comes to social media sites, Facebook is dead to us. It is something we all had in middle school because it was cool but now it is seen as an awkward family dinner party we can't really leave.
Instagram is by far the most used social media outlet for teenagers in my country. Although we still are on Facebook, we actually post stuff on Instagram. It’s really fascinating to see a friend with 500 friends on Facebook who gets 50 likes on a photo, yet on Instagram (where she has 200 followers) she gets 150 likes.
I am not as pressured to follow someone back on Instagram, meaning my feed is normally comprised of content I actually want to see, not of tons of information I don't really care about.
The content on Instagram is usually of higher quality because people take time to edit their photos using filters and different brightness and contrast settings to make the pictures look the best they possibly can.
I especially like that there is no tagging on Instagram. I don't have to constantly check it to make sure I wasn't tagged in any awkward or bad photos. If I look weird in a photo you posted, I can just delete the tag if I really am that upset about it.
There are also no links on Instagram, meaning I'm not being constantly spammed by the same advertisements, horrible gossip news articles and such.
Snapchat is quickly becoming the most used social media network and teenagers love using it because it is a platform where we can really be ourselves while being attached to our social identity. Snapchat is an intimate network of friends who I really know and care about.
It has a lot less social pressure attached to it compared to every other popular social media network out there because I can really focus on creating a story of a day in my life, not some filtered and specially chosen highlight. It’s the real you, a teenager in the 21st century.
Watch the video
Watch the video below for the explanation of non-defining relative clauses and relative pronouns.
We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something. Non-defining relative clauses are used to give extra information about the person or the thing we are talking about. If we leave this clause out of the sentence, the sentence still makes sense.
Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard, is one of the founders of Facebook. Instagram, which is a social media site, is very popular among teenagers. You need to remember that a non-defining relative clause always needs to have a comma in front of it and after it. My mom, who is a doctor, likes using Snapchat to send me funny photos. A relative clause starts with a relative pronoun. Relative pronouns are: "WHO", "WHICH", "WHERE" and "WHOSE". "Who" refers to people, "which" to things, "where" to places and "whose" to possession. We do not use "THAT" in non-defining relative clauses. My neighbour, who comes from Uganda, is a web designer. The laptop, which I bought last month, is of excellent quality.
She placed the baby under the umbrella, where she was protected from the rain. Two months ago we found a stray dog, whose leg was broken.
GRAMMAR FOCUS I
Relative pronouns
The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that.
The choice of the relative pronoun depends on what we are referring to and the type of a relative clause.
who
people and sometimes pet animals
defining and non-defining
Example:
We don’t know the person who donated this money.
which
animals and things
defining and non-defining; clause referring to a whole sentence
Example:
We drove past my old school, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
that
people, animals and things; informal
defining only
Example:
He went to the school (that) my father went to.
whose
possessive meaning; for people and animals usually; sometimes for things in formal situations
defining and non-defining
Example:
The Kingfisher group, whose name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year, includes about
720 high street shops.
whom
people in formal styles or in writing; often with a preposition; rarely in conversation; used
instead of who if who is the object
defining and non-defining
Example:
he parents (whom/who/that) we interviewed were all involved in education in some way.
no relative pronoun
when the relative pronoun defines the object of the clause
defining only
6 Relative pronouns
Read the sentences and choose the correct answer from the drop-down menu.
7 Use relative pronouns
Complete the sentences with whose, who, which, or where.
8 Listen and choose
Listen to the conversations and choose the right relative pronouns from the drop-down menu.
GIRL 1: Did you see that man?
GIRL 2: Which man?
GIRL 1: The man who has just passed us.
GIRL 2: Oh, sorry, I was texting Emma and I wasn't paying attention to people around us.
GIRL 1: Well, that man, who lives in my street, is very strange.
GIRL 2: Why? What's wrong with him?
GIRL 1: Well, I see him every day walking his dog, but the problem is that he is always walking a different dog.
GIRL 2: Really? Maybe he has a lot of dogs.
GIRL 1: But he can't have so many dogs because he lives in a flat. Look at that building over there. The building, which is next to the post office, where he lives, does not allow people to have pets.
GIRL 2: That's interesting. Maybe we could ask him about the dog, something like, “Excuse me, sir, can we ask you a question? We would like to get the same dog, which is beautiful, because we have always wanted a dog with big ears.”
GIRL 1: Hm, I don't think so. I think that I'll just ask my mom about him when she comes home.
GIRL 1: Mum, do you know the man who always walks different dogs? What's his story?
MUM: Are you talking about Jack, who lives across the street? The dog walker?
GIRL 1: Oh, now everything makes sense!
MUM: Well, now you know that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover!
GRAMMAR FOCUS II
Non-defining relative clauses
We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, or to give more information about something.
Non-defining relative clauses are used to give extra information about the person or thing we are talking about.
If we leave this clause out of the sentence, the sentence still makes sense.
Mark Zuckerberg, who dropped out of Harvard, is a founder of Facebook.
Instagram, which is a social media site, is very popular among teenagers.
Instagram, which is a social media site, is very popular among teenagers.
You need to remember that a non-defining relative clause always needs to have a comma in front of it and after it.
My mom, who is a doctor, likes using Snapchat to send me funny photos.
A relative clause starts with a relative pronoun.
We do not use THAT in non-defining relative clauses.
My neighbour, who comes from Uganda, is a web designer.
The laptop, which I bought last month, is of excellent quality.
She placed the baby under the umbrella, where she was protected from the rain.
Two months ago we found a stray dog, whose leg was broken.
The laptop, which I bought last month, is of excellent quality.
She placed the baby under the umbrella, where she was protected from the rain.
Two months ago we found a stray dog, whose leg was broken.
9 Combine sentences
Combine the two sentences into one using a relative pronoun.
10 Let's talk about social media sites
Prepare a short talk, 2 to 4 minutes, about your experience with social networks. Mention the social media sites you use and talk about how often you use them and for what purpose. When you have prepared your talk, present it to your partner or your teacher.