Communications and the Internet

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

Scanner ● virus ● laptops ● hard disc ● graphics ●

laptop ● deskop computer ● tablet ● icon ● scanner ● database ● app ● microchip ● cursor ● word
memory stick ● microchip ● cursor ● spreadsheet
2. Fill in the blanks with the words below.

1. I’ ve lost a lot of data. I wonder if my computer has

a _________________.
2. I’ ve got such a lot of photos, music and videos
1. ……………. 2. ……………. 3. ……………. stored on my computer that my _____________ is
almost full.
3. It’ s miraculous how much data can be stored on
that tiny little computer ________________ inside
a mobile phone.
4. One of my most important tasks at work is to keep
4. ……………. the _______________ up to date so that
5. ……………. 6. …………….
custormers’ details are always accurate.
5. That computer game you have me has got amazing
___________ - the people just look so reallistic!
6. If you put the __________ in the middle of a
paragraph of the text and double click, you select
the whole paragraph.
7. ……………. 8. ……………. 9. ……………. 7. It’s so easy to use a _________ when you want to
send a handwritten document by mail. It’s just like
using a photocopier.
8. I dowloaded a fantastic __________ the other day -
it tells me where the nearest cash machine is
3. Complete
Web each sentence.
● blog ● access ● down ● Skype ● subscribe
wherever I am in the world.
● links ● virtual ● interactive
9. I’m always impressed by people who carry their
___________ on aeroplanes and work on them
during the flight.
1. WWW stands for World Wide _______. 10. ____________ programes make it very easy to
2. I read that journalist’s ___________ every day - he’s always write text and to format it.
got something interesting to say and often readers add some
very interesting comments.
3. I couldn’t ____________ the Internet last night. The server
must have been ____________.
4. An ______________ website is one which allows users to add
comments to i tor edit its content in some way.
5. My brother loves online gaming, particularly ____________
reality games. 4. Match the words to the right pictures.
6. I like this website because it has lots of very useful
_______________ to all sorts of other sites that interest me. power supply hard disc
7. I’ ve decided to _____________ to my favourite newspaper’s
website. It doesn’t cost much and it has lots of interesting stuff DVD DVD burner
there.
8. It’ s wonderful being able to ___________ my cousins who
live in Australia - I love seeing them as well as talking to
them.