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Connect the Grammar to Writing

1 READ & NOTICE THE GRAMMAR.

A What are some innovative products you know about? Discuss your ideas with a partner.
Then read the article.

Would you take a pill to remember your passwords?

Nowadays, you need a password for almost
everything. Trying to remember numerous passwords is
a challenge for almost everyone. Why can’t it be easier?
Well, now it can. The Motorola company has come
up with a pill that will remember your passwords for
you. When you take the pill, it reacts with the acid
in your stomach. By doing this, it is able to send an
electronic signal, or “password,” to your phone, laptop,
or other digital device. Your device reads the signal, and
automatically logs you in to your accounts. Your body
becomes your passwords. You no longer have to write your passwords down.
This seems like the perfect product, because people hate having to remember so many
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passwords. But will they like the idea of a password pill? The FDA has approved the pill for
sale in the United States, so we may soon find out. Products come and go—will the password
pill take off and be a success, or will it be just one more failed invention?

1 FDA: Food and Drug Administration

GRAMMAR FOCUS

Verbs have patterns. In addition to learning the meaning, it’s a good idea to record the different
patterns (for example, verb + object; verb + prepositional phrase). Notice the patterns of these
verbs from the article in exercise A.

Verb: Nowadays, you need a password . . .
Transitive (with object)
Phrasal Verb: The Motorola company has come up with a pill . . .
Verb: Products come and go—
Intransitive (no object)
Phrasal Verb: —will the password pill take off and be a success . . .

B Read the article in exercise A again. Underline the verbs or phrasal verbs that you want to
learn more about. Write each verb and its pattern in the chart.

Verb/Phrasal Verb Pattern Pattern
1. react verb + prepositional phrase (intransitive)

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3.

4.

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