Question

1. a) Match the words from the two columns to create collocations.
1) be addicted
2) surf
3) waste one's time
4) social
5) has
6) talk
a) doing nothing
b) life
e) to electronic gadgets
d) a good time
e) the Internet
f) information
g) to somebody
7) get
b) Put the collocations in exercise la into sentences (a-g) below.
a) Janat has a good time with her friends at parties.
b) She has an active
c) I want to
who can help me.
d) People
for hours, reading interesting articles,
watching movies or listening to music.
e) Reading books is a good way to
f) Bolotbek
when his parents were at work.
g) Lots of parents complain that their children are

Answer 1

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1) be addicted e) to electronic gadgets

2) surf  e) the Internet

3) waste one's time a) doing nothing

4) social  b) life

5) has d) a good time

6) talk  g) to somebody

7) get  f) information

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b) She has an active social life.

c) I want to talk to somebody who can help me.

d) People surf the Internet for hours, reading interesting articles, watching movies or listening to music.

e) Reading books is a good way to get information.

f) Bolotbek wasted his time doing nothing when his parents were at work.

g) Lots of parents complain that their children are addicted to electronic gadgets.