1. Study the Vocabulary A box. How do you say the phrases in your language? Order the phrases (1 = the oldest, 6 = the most recent). 

=> Answer:

1. in the Middle Ages

2. in the 1700s

3. in the nineteenth century

4. seventy yeas ago

5. in the 1970s

6. in 2012 

2. Read the texts on the website and put the ideas on this timeline. In pairs, say which idea you think was the most important. 

=> Answer:

A. 3 (1543)

B. 1 (1865)

C. 2 (1910)

D. 4 (1981)

3. Look at the highlighted irregular Past Simple forms in the texts. Match them with the infinitives below. How do you say the verbs in your language?

become             begin              buy           sell            think             understand          write

become - became 

=> Answer:

• become: trở thành          

• begin: bắt đầu              

• buy: mua           

• sell: bán            

• think: suy nghĩ            

• understand: hiểu         

• write: viết

4. Complete the blog post with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets. Which of the dates was most important in your opinion? 

=> Answer:

2. became

3. became

4. began

5. wrote

6. could

7. sold

8. bought

9. could

5. Study the words in Vocabulary B box. These words are highlighted in the blog post in Exercise 4. Find the words/phrases in the blog post that can help you guess the meanings of these words. 

=> Answer:

• Web browser: the World Wide Web

• Webcam: a camera

• Search engine: Google

• Website: Wikipedia 

• Social networking site: Facebook

• Smartphone: .... phones to get on the web, play games, take photos and watch videos.