TECHNOLOGY

🌍 Technology in our daily life 

Techology is part of our daily lives and helps us in many tasks. This week we are going to learn some new technology vocab while reviewing the days of the week and telling the time to refer to past actions using the Past Simple.

Watch this video and learn some useful ICT vocab:

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💡 How does technology help us?

• 📞 Communicate: We can send messages and emails.
• 📚 Learn: We use computers and tablets to study.
• 🎵 Have fun: We play games and listen to music.
• 🏠 Help at home: We use machines and apps every day.

👉 Examples:

• I use a laptop to do my homework.
• My parents use their phones to send emails.

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⏳ Before and now (Past Simple)

Before, technology was quite different. Let's practice and find out using the past simple:

✏️ Examples:

• People used telephones.
• They listened to music on cassettes.
• People read newspapers.

Now:

• We use smartphones.
• We watch videos online.
• We read on screens.

👉 Remember:

• Regular verbs → +ed (played, listened, used)
• Irregular verbs → read – read / go – went / do -did

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📅 Days of the week

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

👉 Examples:

• On Monday, I use the computer at school.
• On Sunday, I watch TV with my family.

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⏰ Telling the time

• It’s one o’clock
• It’s half past three
• It’s quarter to five

👉 Examples:

• At five o’clock, I play video games.
• At seven o’clock, I do my homework on the laptop.

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🧠 Mini challenge!

Try to answer:

1. What technology do you use at home?
2. What did people use in the past?
3. What do you do on Monday at five o’clock?

And now, time to practice what we have learnt with these online activities and games:

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💬 Remember:

Technology helps us every day!