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Topic: Vocabulary Technology words

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Quiz topic: Technology words

For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. A teenager who spends all day in front of a computer screen is called a

____________.
a) screenager
b) cybersickness
c) ciberwidow
d) e-cash

2. If you buy something from the internet, you dont use cash, you use _________.

a) dot com
b) e-cash
c) travellers cheques
d) dollars

3. A business which operates only on the internet is called a _________.

a) e-cash
b) dot com
c) keypal
d) cybersickness

4. He spent all day yesterday surfing the net, now he says hes tired must be a
touch of _____________!

a) dot com
b) cybersickness
c) screenager
d) keypal

5. What do we call someone who keeps in touch with someone in another country by
email?

a) keypal
b) penpal
c) screenager
d) dot com

6. What do we call a woman whose husband uses the internet too much?

a) Cyberwidow
b) dot com
c) widow
d) housewife

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Quiz topic: Festivals

Answers:

1. A teenager who spends all day in front of a computer screen is called a

____________.
a) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom using
the computer. Correct
b) If you spend too much time in front of the computer, you might start to suffer from
cybersickness feeling tired and ill.
c) If a womans husband dies, she is called a widow; a cyberwidow loses her husband
to the internet.
d) If you buy something on the internet, you pay with e-cash - virtual money.

2. If you buy something from the internet, you dont use cash, you use _________.
a) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet.
b) If you buy something on the internet, you pay with e-cash - virtual money.
Correct
c) People used travellers cheques in the past when they travelled abroad.
d) Dollars are a type of currency.

3. A business which operates only on the internet is called a _________

a) e-cash.
b) dot com. Correct
c) keypal.
d) Cybersickness.

4. He spent all day yesterday surfing the net, now he says hes tired must be a
touch of _____________!
a) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet.
b) If you spend too much time in front of the computer, you might start to
suffer from cybersickness feeling tired and ill. Correct
c) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom on the
computer.
d) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends overseas, now
they are keypals; they do it by email.

5. What do we call someone who keeps in touch with someone in another country by
email?
a) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends
overseas, now they are keypals; they do it by email. Correct
b) In the old days, children were pen pals, they wrote letters to friends overseas, now
they do it by email what do we call them?
c) This new word describes a teenager who is always in their bedroom using the
computer.
d) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet.

6. What do we call a woman whose husband uses the internet too much?
a) If a womans husband dies, she is called a widow; a cyberwidow loses her
husband to the internet. Correct
b) A dot com is a company which trades only on the internet.

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c) If a womans husband dies, she is called a widow, what do we call a woman who
loses her husband to the internet?
d) A housewife is a woman who stays home to look after the children and house.

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