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    Lesson B: Information Overload

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    This document discusses information overload and contains three sections: 1. A vocabulary exercise identifying common forms of advertising and communication like billboards, infomercials, pop-up ads, and text messages. 2. Grammar exercises forming negative questions and tag questions about ways people receive information like banner ads, telemarketing, and voicemails. 3. Another grammar exercise rewriting sentences using negative questions and tag questions about how much time can be wasted online and new technologies.

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    LESSON B Information overload

    1 VOCABULARY
    Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the sentences.

    banner ads bumper sticker infomercial spam text messages


    billboard crawl pop-up ads telemarketing voice mail

    1. Have you seen that funny ad for a tablet on a huge billboard


    on the highway?
    2. A(n) is a long commercial that looks like a TV show.
    3. I’m not sure how effective is. I never answer calls
    from numbers I don’t recognize.
    4. The at the bottom of the TV screen said a storm
    was coming.
    5. If I don’t answer my phone, just leave me a .
    6. I rarely see on my computer because my browser
    blocks them really well.
    7. I find really annoying when they appear everywhere
    on a blog I’m reading.
    8. All email I receive is sent to a separate folder that
    gets automatically cleared once a week.
    9. I’m uncomfortable talking on my phone in public, so I prefer to send
    .
    10. The car in front of me had a that said, “I’m not
    driving too fast – I sure hope you aren’t!”

    2 GRAMMAR
    Complete these negative questions or tag questions with doesn’t, don’t,
    isn’t, shouldn’t, or wouldn’t.

    1. Don’t you think that there are lots of great


    cooking sites online?
    2. it be terrific if Wi-Fi were free for
    everyone?
    3. Sam’s probably in a meeting. It’s better to leave him a
    voice mail, it?
    4. Sheila register for classes online
    before they fill up?
    5. it seem like it’s impossible to
    keep up with your social networking accounts at times?
    6. Computer viruses are getting more sophisticated, you think?
    7. it strange that no one has sent me any email today?
    8. Banner ads get really annoying when they take up too much of the screen,
    they?

    40 UNIT 7 The information age


    3 GRAMMAR
    Rewrite the sentences in two ways using negative questions and tag questions and
    the words in parentheses.

    1. It’s amazing how much time someone can waste online. (isn’t)
    Isn’t it amazing how much time someone can waste online?
    It’s amazing how much time someone can waste online, isn’t it?

    2. It would be great to get a bus wrap to advertise our business. (wouldn’t)

    3. Students should try to avoid sending text messages during class. (shouldn’t)

    4. It seems like new technologies are being invented every day. (doesn’t)

    5. It’s annoying that some ads move all over the computer screen. (isn’t)

    6. It’s amazing how some people can watch infomercials for hours. (don’t you think)

    4 GRAMMAR
    Write negative questions or tag questions about things you can do online.
    Choose from the items in the box or use your own ideas.

    shopping
    reading the news
    watching videos
    planning a vacation
    making new friends
    looking for a job

    1. It’s so convenient to shop online nowadays, isn’t it?


    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.
    6.

    LESSON B Information overload 41

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