(1) /ɪə/ deer, fear, here 

(2) /ʊə/ tour, mature, poor

(3) /eə/ glare, fair, dare

(4) /eɪ/ play, aim, fame

(5) /ɔɪ/ toy, boil, joy

(6) /ɑɪ/ eyes, buy, fly

(7) /ɑʊ/ owl, noun, frown

(8) /əʊ/ toes, boat, rose

(1) Never (fear/fair), your friends are (here/hair).

(2) My biggest (aid/aim) is to achieve (flame/fame).

(3) Is (from/frown) a verb or is it a (noun/now)?

(4) He held the (rose/rows) between his (toes/toast)!

(6) “That’s not (fare/fair)!” she said with a (glair/glare).

(7) I am too (poor/pour) to pay for the (tour/toil).

(8) Let’s go and (bye/buy) a ticket to (fly/flier)!

(5) Give a child a (toil/toy) and bring the child some (join/joy).

(3) Why does he want to connect with people on social networking sites?

(4) What are Kwesi’s music interests?

(5) What are Kwesi’s sports interests ?

(6) Why do you think one of Kwesi’s nicknames is ‘The Beat’?

(7) Kwesi’s favourite quote is “You are not a drop in the ocean but an ocean in a drop.” What does this quote mean?

(8) What is your opinion of Kwesi’s favourite quote?

(1) Who is Kwesi Manu?

(2) What type of people does he want to connect with on social networking sites?

(2) A pen pal is a person who lives close by and whom you know well.

(3) These days, sending letters by post is very popular.

(4) These days, people usually use email and social networking sites to correspond with pen pals.

(5) You can find pen pals in the telephone directory.

(6) With the Internet, people can quickly get a reply from a pen pal.

(7) It is safe to put anything about yourself online.

(8) Some people who use the Internet have bad intentions.

(9) It may be risky to meet someone in real life after you have met them on the Internet.

(10) ‘Online predators’ have earned that name because of the good things they do.

(1) Snail mail means that letters are sent by email.

(2) ______ ______: sending letters through the post

(3) ______: messages that are sent from a computer using an Internet connection

(4) ______: a system where people can connect to information anywhere in the world through their computers or mobile phones (also called the worldwide web)

(5) ______: to be connected to the Internet

(1) ______ ______ ______: websites on the Internet where people can create a public profile of themselves for others to view and where they can create a list of other users with whom to share information

(1) Do you have a pen pal? If not, would you like a pen pal?

(3) If you started a Facebook profile, what information would you share on it? What information would you not share?

(4) Do you think that ‘online predator’ is an effective metaphor? Explain why or why not. (Look up ‘predator’ and ‘prey’ in the glossary.)

(5) If you were listening to the interview, what questions would you have for Azuka?

(2) Imagine that you are writing to a pen pal for the first time. What information about yourself would you share with your pen pal?

(1) Nwanne was angry ______ Oluchi because she lied to her.

(2) Isikwe was anxious ______ the soccer game to begin.

(3) My father was angry ______ the news on TV.

(4) Ikenna believes ______ working very hard to pass.

(5) Sofuchi is scared ______ spiders.

(6) Ngozi insisted ______ carrying the heavy box.

(7) Nwanne was looking ______ the beautiful view.

(8) Are you inspired ______ the speech your principle gave?

(9) I will not take part as it goes ______ my beliefs.

(10) They divided the chores ______ them.

I was excited ______ getting a letter from my pen pal, and I was surprised ______ her news. She told me she was embarrassed ______ her handwriting because it isn’t neat. I told her that I was amused ______ her embarrassment. “Don’t be concerned ______ your handwriting,” I said, “It’s what you write that is important.” She was amused ______ my response, and was pleased ______ my letter back to her. I wrote to her many times but was alarmed ______ how slow the postal service is. We are both fru

(1) I write every week to my pen pal.

(2) I tell him my news and he tells me his news.

(3) Sometimes the news is happy.

(4) Sometimes he has sad news to tell me.

(5) But always I feel happy to receive a letter

(6) His letters are always interesting.

(7) I look forward to hearing about his life.

(8) I also enjoy telling him about my life.

(9) We communicate very well.

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