Advertising and Social Media Vocabulary for IELTS
Exercise
Listen to the audio and answer the questions.
1. What does ‘phubbing‘ mean?
2. Which two words are combined in ‘phubbing’?
3. Complete a sentence: “______ a minute. I just need to tweet something”.
4. What does “the rule of three” mean?
5. Complete two sentences: “And to _______ means to say or do something deliberately in order to annoy someone. Well, I do get ______ about people constantly checking their devices.”
1. This word describes a situation where you’re talking to someone and they suddenly look down at their phone or answer it.
2. phone and snubbing
3. Hold on
4. You don’t want to look down at your phone until you see that three people are looking up in the conversation.
5. ‘wind someone up’ and ‘wound up’