Is your phone making you less smart?

Answer and give a real example for each one.

1. What is the first thing you do in the morning? Is it checking your phone?
2. How many hours a day do you think you use your phone?
3. Which app do you open most often?
4. Could you live without your phone for a week?
5. Where do you never use your phone?
6. What did people do on public transport before smartphones?

For each word or phrase, say one true sentence about you and your phone.

Choose the word or phrase that fits.

1. My phone says my was seven hours yesterday!
2. I spent the whole evening through TikTok.
3. He can't stop playing that game. He's it.
4. Every makes me pick up my phone.
5. Last summer I did a : no phone for a week.
6. The teenagers at the table were their screens.
7. I can't on my work when my phone is on the desk.
8. I check Instagram all the time because of .

Choose the word that goes together, then press Check answers.

1. to turn
   offdownout
   notifications
2. to be glued
   toonat
   your phone
3. to
   chargeloadfill
   your phone
4. to concentrate
   oninto
   your work
5. to be addicted
   toonwith
   social media
6. a bad
   habitcustomuse

Use each phrase to talk about your real phone habits.

• I've been spending too much time on...Останнім часом я проводжу забагато часу в...I've been spending too much time on my phone lately.
• The first thing I do in the morning is...Перше, що я роблю зранку, це...The first thing I do in the morning is check my messages.
• I can't imagine life without...Я не уявляю життя без...I can't imagine life without maps on my phone.
• I tend to pick up my phone when...Я зазвичай беру телефон, коли...I tend to pick up my phone when I'm bored.
• It drives me crazy when people...Мене дратує, коли люди...It drives me crazy when people check their phones during dinner.
• I've been trying to...Я намагаюся...I've been trying to put my phone away after 10 p.m.
• My phone is a blessing and a curse.Мій телефон — це і благо, і прокляття.My phone is a blessing and a curse: useful but addictive.
• I'd feel lost without...Я б почувався(-лася) розгубленим(-ою) без...I'd feel lost without my phone in a new city.

Read the article. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. In the study, the phones were ringing during the test.
   TrueFalse
2. People whose phones were in another room did best.
   TrueFalse
3. Most people with phones on the desk said they were thinking about their phones.
   TrueFalse
4. "Brain drain" means part of our brain is busy not checking the phone.
   TrueFalse
5. All scientists agree exactly how big the effect is.
   TrueFalse

1. Where is your phone when you work or study? Will you change that?
2. Do you notice "brain drain" in yourself?
3. Should phones be banned in schools or meetings?
4. What is the hardest place for you to put your phone away?

Words for recent time: lately, recently, these days, all day, since..., for.... Remember: state verbs (know, want, have = own) are not usually continuous: ✗ I've been having this phone for 3 years → I've had this phone...

1. I
   have been usingam using
   my phone too much lately.
2. How long
   have you been waitingare you waiting
   for a reply?
3. I
   have hadhave been having
   this phone for four years.
4. She
   has senthas been sending
   30 messages today.
5. Your eyes are red. Have you
   been playingplayed
   games all night?
6. I
   have been tryingtry
   to use my phone less recently.
7. We
   have knownhave been knowing
   about this app for ages.
8. He
   has checkedhas been checking
   his phone five times in the last minute!

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. I am using this app since 2020. →
2. How long are you scrolling? →
3. I have been having this phone for years. →
4. She has been sending 100 messages today. →
5. I've been try to sleep more. →
6. They have been knowing each other since school. →

Answer in detail. Use Present Perfect Continuous and Simple.

1. What have you been doing on your phone lately that you'd like to stop?
2. How long have you had your current phone? What do you love and hate about it?
3. What have you been trying to change about your screen habits?
4. What apps have you been using most recently? Why?
5. Has anyone ever told you that you've been on your phone too much? What happened?
6. What have you been doing instead of using your phone in your free time?

Which plan would work best for you? Which would be impossible? What would you miss most, and what would you gain? Design your own perfect detox plan.

Give your opinion and examples.

1. Is it rude to check your phone during a conversation?
2. Is it OK to text during a family dinner?
3. Should you answer work messages at the weekend?
4. Is it OK to film concerts on your phone?
5. When is it rude to talk on the phone in public?

1. How do you feel when your battery is almost dead?
2. Have you ever lost your phone? What happened?
3. Which app would you delete first, and which would you keep last?
4. Do you sleep with your phone next to your bed?
5. What do you use your phone for that you couldn't do 15 years ago?
6. How do you feel when someone doesn't answer your message for hours?
7. Have you ever done a digital detox?
8. What is your worst phone habit?

1. At what age should children get their first smartphone?
2. Should parents check their children's phones?
3. Do older people use their phones differently?
4. Are people in Ukraine more or less addicted to phones than in other countries?
5. Should restaurants have "no phone" tables?
6. How do phones change family life?

1. Are smartphones making us less intelligent?
2. Should phones be banned in schools?
3. Is phone addiction a real addiction?
4. Should tech companies design apps to be less addictive?
5. Will we still use smartphones in 20 years?
6. Has the smartphone made life better or worse overall?

"Smartphones have made our lives worse."

Round 1: give your real opinion for 1–2 minutes. Round 2: defend the opposite side for 1 minute. Use: I've been noticing that... · It's not the phone, it's... · On the other hand... · Let's be honest...