Section 1:

Hardware
 1.1 Hardware

1. battery
2. cable
3. desktop computer 3
4. digital camera 7
5. docking station
6. fax machine
7. laptop computer (or
notebook)
8. mobile phone
9. mouse
10. PDA (Personal
Digital Assistant) 12
11. plug
12. printer
13. projector
14. scanner 14
15. socket

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 1.2 Some useful verbs

A. Match the verbs with the nouns.

1. recharge a. digital photos
2. click on b. faxes
3. dial c. a number on your mobile phone
4. give d. a presentation
5. move e. something with the mouse
6. print out f. the battery
7. send and receive g. the mouse
8. take some h. twenty pages

B. Choose the best verb.

press the "Start" button.
9. To turn on the computer, __________
a. touch b. press c. switch

finished of ink.
10. The printer has __________
a. finished b. ended c. run out

working at the moment.

11. Unfortunately, my scanner isn't __________
a. working b. going c. doing

insert the CD ROM.

12. Please __________
a. insert b. introduce c. inject

plugged in
13. The projector isn't working because it isn't __________.
a. plugged b. plugged in c. plugged into

to change
14. The batteries in my digital camera are nearly dead. They need __________.
a. to change b. exchanging c. changing

watch a computer screen for eight hours a day.

15. I have to __________
a. see b. look at c. watch

de-plug it from the wall socket.

16. Switch off your computer, and __________
a. de-plug b. unplug c. non-plug

17. I turned off the photocopier and extracted

___________ the plug.
a. pulled out b. extracted c. took away

Hit
18. __________ any key to continue.
a. Kick b. Smash c. Hit

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 1.3 The workstation

CD drive / DVD drive

CRT monitor
flat panel monitor 1. tower
floppy disk drive
key
keyboard 2. power button
mouse
power button
monitor
screen
stand
tower
wire / cable 3. floppy disk drive

4. CD dive / DVD drive

5. screen
6. wire / cable

7. keyboard 8. mouse

9. key 10. flat panel monitor 11. CRT monitor

12. stand
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Rearrange the letters to make things which can be part of a workstation.
tucmepor ___computer____
13. trirpen printer
_______________
14. nasecnr scanner
_______________
15. kesd desk
_______________
16. hacir chair
_______________
17. nopelethe telephone
_______________

Choose the best word.

mouse carpet
18. The mouse moves on a __________.
a. mouse mat b. mouse carpet c. mouse table

inches
19. TV and computer screens are usually measured in __________.
a. feet b. miles c. inches

adjust the height of your chair

20. Before you start work, __________
a. adjust b. change c. rearrange

loudspeakers
21. To get sound from your computer, plug in a pair of __________.
a. loudhailers b. loudspeakers c. loud voices

modem
22. The computer is connected to the telephone line via a __________.
a. module b. modem c. mod

expansion
23. You can increase the functions or performance of a computer with an __________. card
a. extension card b. exploding card c. expansion card

bluetooth
24. Mobile phones and PDAs can communicate with computers via __________. ®
a. Bluebeard ® b. Blueberry ® c. Bluetooth ®

electrical opening
25. There's a spare __________ in the workstation…
a. electric hole b. power point c. electrical opening

charger
26. …so you can plug in your mobile phone __________.
a. charger b. power c. electrification

memory reader
27. SD cards can be read in a computer's __________.
a. storage reader b. memory reader c. card reader

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For reference see A & C Black Dictionary of Computing (978 07475 6622 9).