Social Network Services | Class 9-10 & SSC English | Unit 15, Lesson 02

Social networking services have become an important part of our daily lives. They help people communicate, share information, exchange pictures and videos, and build relationships across the world. In this lesson, we will learn about Social Network Services from Unit 15, Lesson 02 of English for Today.

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Social Network Services

Internet (1) technology has helped design a large number of web sites to (2) facilitate social relations among people (3) around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present, Face-book is the most (4) popular social media site. Linkedin, X (formerly Twitter), Google+ etc. are other (5) frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and (6) hence, (7) provide ways for the users to (8) interact through the Internet. These services make it possible to (9) connect people (10) across the borders and thus have made the users feel that they really live in a (11) global village. 

Why are social networks (12) expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social (13) services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your Internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the (14) entire online (15) community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also look into other people’s profiles if you are interested. It is simple and easy. Thirdly, social networks (16) allow users to (17) upload pictures, multimedia (18) contents and (19) modify the profile. Some services like Facebook allow users to (20) update their profiles. Fourthly, networks allow users to post blog entries. User profiles have a section (21) dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection (22) measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the number of visitors/viewers, and what information should be shared with others.

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Exercise

Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 

1. The term “Social Networks” refers to ___.

2. The social networking services work through ___.

3. The social networking services are on the ___. 

4. Internet increases ___.

5. User profiles have a section for ___. 

6. The internet technology has ___ the process of creating social networks

7. The Internet technology has helped ___ sites to emerge. 

Answer: 

Answer the following questions in your own words.

1. What do you understand about social networks?
2. What are some uses of social networks?
3. Why are social networks spreading rapidly? 
4. How does social network work?
5. What is a social networking service?

Answer: 

1. Social networks are websites or online services that help people communicate and build relationships with others around the world. 
2. Social networks help us communicate with others, share pictures and videos, upload content, update profiles and make new friends. 
3. Social networks are spreading rapidly because most of them are free and easy to use. They help people communicate, share information and connect with others around the world. 
4. Social networks work through the Internet. Users create personal profiles and communicate with others by sharing messages, pictures, videos and other information. 
5. A social networking service is a web-based service that allows people to communicate, share information and build social relationships through the Internet. 

Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 

Social networking services are very (a) _____ in the modern world. They help people (b) _____ with one another through the Internet. Most of these services are (c) _____ to use. Users can create their personal (d) _____ and share pictures, videos and other (e) _____. They can also (f) _____ their profiles and post comments. Social networks help people (g) _____ across national borders and make the world a global village. These services (h) _____ people to communicate easily. They also help users (i) _____ new friends and maintain social (j) _____. 

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Social Network Services is an important lesson that helps students understand how people communicate and share information through the Internet. We hope this lesson, including Bangla vocabulary, MCQs, questions and answers, and practice exercises, will help students prepare effectively for their examinations.

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