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5e Lis t en Speak
Listen

A Look at the four
questions in the quiz A Read the phrases. Can you think of any
more to add?
below. Do you know the Degrees of certainty
answers? Write a or b in
the first column of the • I’m certain/sure…
table. • I’m positive…
100% • I have no doubt that…
certain • I know this for sure.

• Definitely!
QUIZ • It must be….

How much do you almost certain • It can’t be….
• I (don’t) think… / I (don’t)
know about emails? think so.
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• I reckon it’s...
• I’m not 100% certain, but…
1. We don’t know what was • I guess… / I guess so/not.
written in the irst email, but
we do know when it was sent. • It may/might/could be….
What year was that? • It may/might not be…
a. 1971 b. 1964 • It’s possible that…
not so certain
• It’s probably…
2. Billions of emails are sent every • I can’t say for sure.
day. How many do you think are Maybe/Perhaps…
sent each minute? • I’m not so sure about that.
a. 149,513 b. 487,194
3. In 1991, a famous email was sent from NOTE
Atlantis. This email made history
because Atlantis was where? Maybe or may be?
a. in space b. at sea • Maybe is written as one word, and
is an adverb that means perhaps.
4. A password should be something that’s • May be is a verb phrase that
di icult to guess. However, what’s the
means might be / is possibly.
most common email password? A: Mary hasn’t called me yet.
a. qwerty b. 12345 B: She may be at work.
C: Maybe she forgot about it.

B Talk in pairs. Read the four quiz questions
below and discuss the answers. Then
My answers Mike and Kate’s answers do research and check your answers.
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2
1. Today, all email addresses have the sign @ in
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them. In English, how do you read this sign?
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2. Pictures of food are common on Instagram, but
B Listen to two friends, Mike and Kate, discussing which type of food appears the most often?
the possible answers to the quiz above. Note their 3. We use smartphone apps for many things these
answers in the second column of the table. days, but which app do people use the most?
C Now listen to the continuation of 4. Studies have shown that the average adult has
the dialogue which reveals the correct around 40 friends – but how many Facebook
answers. Note them on the quiz. How friends does the average Facebook user have?
many did you get correct? How many
did Mike and Kate get correct?

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