1. TOPIC VOCABULARY
1. Choose the correct answer to show you understand the words in colour.
1. Mobile phones/ Microwaves use wireless technology.
2. Software designers help to develop new applications/ updates.
3. You delete something you need/ don´t need.
4. Back-and-white televisions / HD televisions use out-of-date
technology.
5. A coffee machine / table is a useful gadget to have in the kitchen.
6. If something is user-friendly, it’s difficult/ easy to use.
7. You should / shouldn´t save your work on the computer.
8. A smartphone that is up-to-date uses the oldest/ latest technology.
9. An example of a device is a social networking site / GPS
2. Complete the sentences with the expressions below.
store information do a research go viral
download apps solve a problem go online
1. When you ________________, you start using the Internet.
2. When you ________________, you find a solution to it.
3. You can ___________________on the Internet to find information.
4. You can __________________ on a computer and access it easily.
5. You can ______________ some _____________ onto your mobile
phone for free.
6. When videos _______________ on YouTube, millions of people watch
them.
3. Match the items to the descriptions below.
laptop screen digital camera webcam headphones
keyboard printer scanner tablet
1. You can carry these two types of computers with you.
2. You can use these two devices to take photographs or make videos.
3. You can use this device to listen to music.
4. This shows words or images on computers or television.
5. This makes a representation of electronic documents on paper.
6. You use this copy documents or pictures onto a computer.
2. 4. One item from Exercise 3 is not described. Write your own sentence to
describe it.
PHRASAL VERBS
A phrasal verb is a verb that is followed by one or more particles. The
meaning of a phrasal verb is different from the meaning of the verb alone.
I’ve got my BlackBerry so I know what’s going on.
People used social media to keep up with events.
Go on = happen
Keep up with = be informed about
5. Match the phrasal verbs in colour A to their meaningsin B.
StudentA
1. My computerissoold thatI’m afraidit will breakdown soon.
2. You can’t turn onyour televisionif there’snopower.
3. We thinkthatthisnewtechnologywill catchonreallyquickly.
4. Who came up with the designforthe new computergame?
5. Please turnoff all the lightsbefore yougotosleep.
6. Some people breakinto computersystemsandsteal information.
StudentB
a) Become popular
b) Cause somethingtostopworking
c) Enter a place illegally
d) Close orstop somethingfromworking
e) Had the ideafor
f) Cause somethingtowork
6. Choose two answers for each question.One answer is usedtwice.
a car a fashion an idea a criminal a dishwasher
a plan a hacker a hairstyle the lights
1. What can break down?
2. What can you turn on and off?
3. 3. What do people come up with?
4. What might catch on and become popular?
5. Whomight break into placesor things?
