Question

summarizing informational text - instruction - level hhelp us in our day-to-day lives, the way we describe whatwe do with technology also shapes english. for instance,when text messaging first became available with cellphones, the term text message described the note yousent to someone else. you might say \i sent a textmessage to my dad,\ for example. but within just a fewyears, people shortened text message to just text, and youstarted to hear people saying things like \send me a text.\eventually, people also started to use text as a verb, sonow you might say something like \text me later.\ thesechanges to english happened in just a few years.remember that time machine that took you 2,000 yearsinto the past? well, now imagine using it to travel to yourneighborhood 2,000 years in the future. what do you hearnow? are there words that sound foreign? are peopleusing familiar words in different ways? and what kinds ofwords are they using to describe their technology? it mightnot sound anything like the english you use today, but atleast now you know that languages change over time.fill in the blanks to complete asummary of the entire passage.like other languages, englishweakens as words ageevolves as time passesspreads as populations growgythe wordswe use. language will

Explanation:

The passage focuses on how English changes over time, using the evolution of the term "text message" as an example, and imagines future changes. The first blank needs a phrase that captures this core idea of language change over time. The second blank connects technology to word usage, as the passage links technological practices to new word forms. The third blank wraps up the idea that language will keep changing.

Answer:

Like other languages, English evolves as time passes as technology shapes the words we use. Language will continue to change in the future