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Control app permissions and notifications

Your smartphone wouldn’t be all that useful without all the apps you have
downloaded. The more apps you download, the more notifications you
will receive. But you can have more control over which apps and events
can send you prompts and how these messages appear on the home or
lock screen of your phone. Simply go to your phone’s settings and set the
notifications accordingly.

A. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B.

Column A Column B

a. prolong i. being less bright

b. essential ii. to produce

c. fading iii. any sticky or dirty substance

d. generate iv. to cause something to be in a particular condition

e. gunk v. to make something last longer

f. render vi. notices

g. notifications vii. extremely important
B. Write True for true statements and False for false ones.

a. It’s a good idea to keep our phones fully charged.
b. We should keep our phones together with other gadgets.

c. A phone is likely to hold more bacteria than a toilet seat.

d. Setting a screen lock on the phone helps us keep the information
safe.

e. Smartphones are very useful even without apps.

C. Answer the following questions.

a. Write any three uses of smartphones in everyday life.

b. Why should we care for our phones?
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