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Exercises

34.1 Match the words in the box to the pictures below.

laptop desktopcomputer tablet icon scanner memorystick microchip
cursor spreadsheet

1scanner 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

34.2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the opposite page.

1 It’ssoeasytousea scanner whenyouwanttosendahandwrittendocumenttosomeone
byemail.It’sjustlikeusingaphotocopier.
2 I’velostalotofdata.Iwonderifmycomputerhasa .
3 Alotofpeoplecarrytheir onaeroplanesandworkonthemduringtheflight.
4 I’vegotsuchalotofphotos,musicandvideosstoredonmycomputerthatmy
isalmostfull.
5 Thatcomputergameyougavemehasgotamazing -thepeoplejustlook
sorealistic!
6 Oneofmymostimportanttasksatworkistokeepthe uptodatesothat
customers’contactdetailsarealwaysaccurate.

7 Ifyouputthe inthemiddleofaparagraphoftextanddoubleclick,you
selectthewholeparagraph.
8 Idownloadedafantastic theotherday-ittellsmewherethenearest
cashmachineistowhereverIamintheworld.
9 programsmakeitveryeasytowritetextandtoformatit.
10 It’smiraculoushowmuchdatacanbestoredonthattinylittlecomputer
insideyourmobilephone.

34.3 Answer the questions using a verb from C opposite.

1 Whatdoyoudowhenyouwanttoaddnewinformationto,forexample,adatabase?Youkeyitin.
2 Ifyoudon’twanttolosecomputerdata,whatmustyoudo?
3 Ifyounoticeyou’verepeatedaparagraphinanessay,whatcanyoudo?
4 Youwanttoopenyourspreadsheetprogram,sowhatshouldyoudo?
5 Ifyourcomputerisoldandworkingveryslowly,whatmightyouconsiderdoing?

6 Ifyouaccidentallydeletesometextyou’vejustbeenworkingon,whatcanyoudo?
7 Whatcanyoudotoimmediatelygetholdofmusicorafilmfromaninternetstore?
8 Ifyoubuynewsoftwarewhenyouhaveanoldoperatingsystem,whatmayyoufind?
34.4 Over to you

Answer these questions.

1 Do you use a desktop, a laptop or a tablet? 4 How often do you back up your data?
2 How much RAM do you have? 5 Has your computer ever crashed?
3 Which apps do you use most frequently? 6 Have you ever accidentally deleted anything?

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