QUESTIONS
1.- Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No
marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
a) Speed-dating involves long-lasting online
exchanges with our date. True
Speed dating involves a series of face-to-face interactions with prospective romantic
partners, often lasting only several minutes in length.
b) Doing many things at the same time can result in the intentional lack of attention. False
In a world of multitasking, we inadvertently display inattention, which can put at risk the
development of the relationship.
2.- In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following
questions. Do not copy from the text.
a) According to the text, how can our date fail to show attention to us?
When our date is looking at the phone or watching a soccer game.
b) Why does speed dating offer a more suitable way to measure romantic interest than
surveys?
Because the speed dating provide a more practical method of gauging potential romantic
interest than answering prompts on a responding to a hypothetical scenario because
involves in-person, face-to-face chemistry.
3.- Find the words in the text that mean:
a) potential (paragraph 2): prospective
b) gather (paragraph 2): interactions
c) offer (paragraph 3): provide
d) in danger (paragraph 4): at risk
4.- Complete the following sentences. Use the appropriate form of the word in
brackets
when given.
a) Those interested in meet (meet) romantic partners should try speed-dating, since
it seem (seem) to be quite an effective method.
b) If Susan had known (know) that her date would
be so boring, she would not have agreed(not agree) to meet him in the first place.
c) She got furious when she realised that her personal photos are publishing (publish) online
by the dating agency even when she had not given her consent.
d) Complete the following sentence to report what was said.
Anne told her friend: “I met my fiancé on a dating web last year.”
Anne told her friend that she met her fiance on a dating web last year
5.- Write about 150 to 200 words on the following topic.
