Урок 13 sms сообщения. Sms messages

A message is a spoken or written piece of information that you send to another person. When writing messages, you leave out pronouns, articles, prepositions and sometimes verbs. You can use abbreviations. To make your message sound more formal and neutral use passive forms. Always keep audience in mind to choose the right register.

Task 1 In these messages the verbs and pronouns are missing but you understand them well. Still complete each one by writing the correct word in each blank.

1. Amy, Carlos and Jane _________________all invited. __________________ will all come.

2. Delia ________________ late for the bus.

3. Andy _______ a cold and Wilma __________a sore foot. ________________both absent today.

4. The metro ___________________every three minutes. __________________ usually on time.

Task 2 Write a message for your friend to met you and your mother at some place, on some day, at some time. Write the time in figures.

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Task 3 Write a message to your English language teacher asking to excuse your absence. Give your reason. Promise to be ready with your homework for the next lesson.

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Task 4 Shorten this message. Sign your own name as a colleague from the office.

Dear Bob Smith,

Your wife’s doctor rang at 9 a. m. from the hospital. He asked you to ring him back as soon as possible. (Make it about 15 words)

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Young people very often use SMS messages, sending them to their friends. It is a modern form of communication around the globe from your own mobile telephone. There are a lot of abbreviations in SMS.

Task 5 Match the text message on the left with its ‘translation’ in real English on the right.

Text	Translation
C U L8R M8	a)As far as I know
B4	b)Love you with all my heart
AFAIK	c)Boring
4) W8 4 ME, I’M L8, SOZ	d) Text me back
5) KIT	e) Have a nice day
6) RUOK?	f) See you later mate
7) LUWAMH	g) Keep in touch
8) HAND	h) Easy
9) Zzzzzzzzz	i) Are you okay?
10) KOTL	j) Wait for me, I’m late, sorry
11) TMB	k) See you tonight or tomorrow
12) O ME	l) By the way
13) EZ	m) Before
14) BTW	n) Ring me
15) C U 2NITE O 2MORO	o) Kiss on the lips

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Some other common SMS symbols are:

Y - why

:-) - smiling

:-o - shocked

& - and

hv – have

gr8 – great

@ - at

2day - today

Read the teacher’s SMS to you and write your own:

Y is your phone on? :-o Turn it off &hv a gr8 time & the lesson 2day :-)

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