Vocabulary
pieces of electronic equipment, like phones or tablets
devices
If you ______ (not sleep) well, it can be difficult to concentrate at school.
If you don’t sleep well, it can be difficult to concentrate at school.
What is the main topic of the article “Screen Time at Bedtime”?
It’s about how using electronic devices before going to bed affects sleep and health.
Teenagers needs at least ten hours sleep each night.
Teenagers need at least ten hours of sleep each night.
I was _____ (wondering, mood, feature, device, concentrate) if you could help me with my project.
wondering
the way you feel
mood
Teenagers (needs / need) at least ten hours of sleep each night.
Teenagers need at least ten hours of sleep each night.
According to doctors, how many hours of sleep do teenagers need each night?
They need at least ten hours of sleep each night.
When you don’t sleep good, it make you feel tired and anxious.
When you don’t sleep well, it makes you feel tired and anxious.
Listening to my favorite song always puts me in a good (wondering, mood, feature, device, concentrate) _____.
mood
think about the thing you are doing and nothing else
concentrate
Combine the sentences using “because”: Screens give out a lot of light. This affects sleep.
Screens affect sleep because they give out a lot of light.
Why does using electronic devices before bed make it harder to sleep?
Because devices give off blue light, which affects the body’s production of melatonin, a hormone that helps you sleep.
Using device before bed is not good for your health.
Using devices before bed is not good for your health.
The new phone’s best ______ ( wonder, mood, feature, device, concentrate) is its high-resolution camera.
feature
trying to understand the reason for something
wondering
Rewrite in the passive voice:Blue light affects the body’s production of melatonin.
The body’s production of melatonin is affected by blue light.
What are some of the effects of not getting enough sleep mentioned in the article?
You can feel tired, find it hard to concentrate at school, have trouble learning, and your mood can be affected (you may feel sad or anxious).
Screens gives a large amount of blue light.
Screens give a large amount of blue light.
Please charge your ____ (wonder, mood, feature, device, concentrate) before the meeting starts.
device
an important part or characteristic of something
feature
Give the Correct word order to form a correct sentence.
Difficult becomes it to sleep when you use your phone at night.
It becomes difficult to sleep when you use your phone at night.
How are technology companies trying to help reduce the negative effects of screen time on sleep?
They’ve added a “night-time setting” or blue-light filter to smartphones and tablets to reduce the amount of blue light.
The article say that we should reduce our screen time at night.
The article says that we should reduce our screen time at night.
It’s hard to _____ (wonder, mood, feature, device, concentrate) when there’s so much noise around.
concentrate