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J. Angielski potrzebna pomoc w kilku zadaniach

1. Complete the for-and-against essay with the missing words.

E V E N _ H _ _ G _ there are hundreds of social networking sites in existence, by far the most popular at the moment is Facebook. Since it started in 2004, it has grown to have over 660 million users all over the world. _ C _ _ _ D _ _ _ to Social Media Today, 41.6% of people in the USA have a Facebook account. They can't all be teenagers, can they? The main _ _ G _ _ _ N _ for such websites being exclusively for the younger generation is that they are seen as a waste of time. _ _ _ T _ _ _ M _ _ _ , a lot of people claim that they encourage _ _ P _ _ F _ C _ _ _ relationships and suit those who are unable or unwilling to communicate with people individually. In _ D _ _ T _ _ _ , older people tend to be more suspicious about allowing strangers to see their personal details or photos. _ _ R _ _ V _ _ , the games and other extras are often aimed at teenagers who have more time to play them. _ _ W _ _ _ _ , _ _ SP _ _ _ these criticisms of social networking, many non-teenagers are keen users of the websites. As people grow older and move home, they lose contact with people they knew at school, university or in previous jobs. Social networking gives them a chance to find these people. As _ E _ _ as this, Facebook gives people a chance to interact with people with similar interests or concerns. In _ _ C _ ,almost every company, charity, political party and other organisation now has its own Facebook page. _ _ N _ I _ _ , problems with privacy can be easily overcome and games and adverts can be ignored. _ V _ _ _ I _, in my _ P _ _ _ _ N , the idea that social networking is only for teenagers is completely wrong. _ H _ _ _ some aspects of the sites may be aimed at teenagers, others can be used by everyone to make their lives easier and more interesting. To _ U _ _ _ Ivy Bean, who, in 2008, became the oldest user of Facebook at the age of 102 'I'd be miserable if I didn't do it.'

2.
Match one word from each box to make compounds, then complete the sentences below. Make sure you write the compounds correctly: as two separate words, two words joined with a hyphen or as one word.

ground .......... ending
lawn ......... saving
burglar ....... breaking
tooth ......... alarm
mouth ........... insurance
life ........... minded
battery ........... watering
labour ............ pick
narrow ......... powered
never ........ mower

ground <---> breaking

Example:
I gave my brother a ______ toy car for his birthday. ---> I gave my brother a radio-controlled toy car for his birthday.

1. This is a completely ________ idea. Nobody's ever done anything like this before.
2. We've got a big garden so I have bought an electric ________ . It's much quicker at cutting the grass.
3. I couldn't sleep because someone's ________ was ringing all night. I don't know why the police didn't investigate.
4. Please don't use that _______ in the restaurant with everyone looking at you. Wait till you get home.
5. There's a _______ smell coming out of your kitchen. It's making me really hungry.
6. There's a man at the door asking if we're interested in ______ . For &#163;50 a month, if one of us dies, the other would get &#163;10,000.
7. This vacuum cleaner is specially made to use in the car. It's _______ so you don't need to be near an electricity socket.
8. Some of these _______ devices are very useful. This job used to take two people three hours. Now I can do it on my own in half the time.
9. You should be more tolerant of people who are different to you. Don't be so ________.
10. This journey is ________ . We should have arrived hours ago.

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