Traditional and social media

I can talk about traditional and social media

1 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng đúng của động từ dưới đây.)

You can't say that adverts ¹ _____ about products to consumers, but I think it's true to say they ² _____ what products can do. Advertisers try to ³ _____ our emotions with images of attractive people and places. Furthermore, they have been known to ⁴ _____ images so that products look better than they really are. Often, food and drinks manufacturers ⁵ _____ off products which have too much sugar as 'energy food' and ⁶ _____ the fact that some products contain ingredients that are not good for us.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng đúng của động từ.)

1 Sam was told to leave the exam because he was using his mobile phone and _______.

2 The children were ______ when they said that the dog ate the cake.

3 You have to ______ to tell the truth in a court of law.

4 The business tried to ______ positive news about their products.

5 Jack ______ his parents about what he had really been doing on Friday evening.

3 Listen to the dialogues and choose the correct answers (a-c).

(Nghe đoạn hội thoại và chọn câu trả lời đúng (a-c).)

Dialogue 1

1 What is Jessica doing at the beginning of the dialogue?

a Making an excuse

b Telling the truth

c Cheating

2 What does Tom want Jessica to do?

a Deceive somebody

b Lie about something to somebody

c Own up to something

3 What does Jessica find difficult to do?

a Tell a lie

b Tell the truth

c Fool Tom

Dialogue 2

4 What is Grace doing?

a Photoshopping a picture

b Disguising her friend

c Telling the truth

5 What does Grace say she hasn't done?

a Improved the story

b Made the story more amusing

c Fabricated a story

6 What does Leo think a newspaper should do?

a Portray things as more interesting than they are

b Tell the truth

c Reveal secrets

4 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.

(Hoàn thành câu với các động từ đúng.)

1 A lot of people won't tell you anything face to face, but then r_____ all their secrets on the internet.

2 Nicola l_____ to me about the date of her party!

3 He always m_____ excuses for his mistakes and never accepts responsibility for anything!

4 Alex keeps telling us that he is the best singer in class, and we all know he is f_____ himself

5 The machine d_____ his voice so you didn't know who was speaking.

5 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

(Chọn từ đúng để hoàn thành câu.)

1 It's so dishonest / daunting to tell people to help when you don't do anything yourself!

2 The lecture of Professor Jenkins was very biased / informative and it seemed as if we had read a few books.

3 I like Sara's direct / neutral manner, even if she sometimes criticises what I have done.

4 Carlos has had a good decision of his career thanks to the teacher's genuine /  encouraging remark.

5 I wanted to give Frank a(n) provocative / honest answer, but I couldn't tell him his suit looked awful, could I?

6 Match the adjectives below with the descriptions.

(Hãy nối những tính từ dưới đây với những lời mô tả.)

1 Someone who is honest and says what they think. _______

2 Someone who does not support or help either side in a disagreement. _______

3 Something which is not genuine. _______

4 Someone who can be relied upon to do the right thing and to be honest. _______

5 Someone who says only what is true. _______