CHARACTERISTICS OF A COMPUTER

Listening Unit 1
EXERCISES

1. What are the techincal specs of your computer? Complete the table and talk
about them with your partner.

My computer My partner’s computer

Processor Processor
speed speed
RAM RAM
memory memory
Hard drive Hard drive
capacity capacity
Operating Operating
system system
Other Other
features features
Price Price
2. Listen to three conversations and complete the table. What kind of
computer has each person bought? What is the relationship between the
two members of each dialogue? There may be more than one correct
answer.

Type of computer Relationship

Matt and Steven

James and Helen
Nick and Ian

3. Listen again and answer the following questions.

Conversation 1

a) Why did Matt buy a new computer?

b) What is the processor speed and the capacity of the internal memory?

c) How much did the computer cost? What does Steven say about the price?

Conversation 2

a) What can James do with his new gadget?

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b) Why did James buy the watch?

c) Why is the woman angry?

Conversation 3

Write down the characteristics of the computer that Nick bought:

a) Processor speed: _________________ Ghz Turbo

b) RAM memory: _________________

c) Hard drive capacity: _________________

d) OS: _________________

e) Price: _________________

f) Warranty: _________________ years.