Activity 2. Mobile Phone networks. Fill in the space with given words. Contract installed networks operators pay-as-you-go SIM card roaming tariffs top up users In Britain there are several mobile phone 1_______________ including Vodaphone, O2, T-mobile and Orange. There are also 2_______________ like Virgin Mobile who use the network of another company. When you buy a cell phone, you have a choice of 3_______________. The most popular is "4_______________", with customers paying for their calls in advance. They can 5_______________ their accounts in shops, over the internet, and at cash machines. Heavy 6_______________ may prefer a 7_______________. They pay a fixed amount every month, but the calls are much cheaper than they are for pay-as-you-go customers. Mobile phones usually come with a 8_______________ already 9_______________. If you take the phone abroad, you may be able to use it on a local network. This is called "10_______________". It can be expensive, and it may be cheaper to buy a foreign SIM card.
Answers:1 networks, 2 operators, 3 tariffs, 4 pay-as-you-go, 5 top up, 6 users, 7 contract, 8 SIM card, 9 installed, 10 roaming.
Activity 3. Choose the best word. 1. After 6pm, calls cost 20p __________ minute
a. for one b. per c. each
2. You can't use a mobile in a cave because there's no __________.
a. network b. connection c. power
3. I need to charge up my mobile phone battery. Have you seen my __________?
a. charger b. recharger c. charging machine
4. When you send a text message, the __________ function can help your write it more quickly.
a. predicting text b. predictive text c. text predictor
5. In the car, it's safer to use a __________ phone.
a. handless b. no hands c. hands-free
6. If you don't want to dial a number by mistake, turn on the __________.
