Unit 1: Everyday

Uses of Computers
Task 1 We use computers in many different places.
Which places can you think these computer documents with?

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Task 2 In groups, make a list of other places where you can find computer
documents. Try to say what the documents are, and what they are used for.

Task 3 Match these words (1-8) to the correct locations (a-d)

a) a factory
1 games 5 flights b) a supermarket
2 machines 6 letters c) a travel agency
d) a home
3 tickets 7 barcode readers
4 wages 8 bills

Task 4 READING: Computers in everyday life

Tick (√) the computer uses mentioned in the following article.
home art

hospitals banking

engineerin
g libraries

Computers are part of our everyday lives. They have an effect on almost everything you do.
shopping film-making
When you buy groceries at supermarket, a computer is used with laser and barcode
technology to scan the price
television of each item and present a total. Barcoding
advertising schools items (clothes, food,
and books) require a computer to generate the barcode labels and maintain the inventory.
Most television advertisements and many films use graphics produced by a computer. In
hospitals, bedside terminals connected to the hospital’s main computer allow doctors to
type in orders for blood tests and to schedule operations. Banks use computers to look after
their customers’ money. In libraries and bookshops, computers can help you to find the
book you want as quickly as possible.

Task 5 Match the places in column A with the computer uses in column B.
A B
Banks control machines
Factories calculate the bill
Homes look after patient records and medicines
Hospitals provide entertainment and information

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 Shops control our money

Task 6 Now fill in the gaps in this paragraph about computer uses.

Computers are now part of our everyday life. In shops, they ___________________________.
In factories, they __________________________. In _____________________________, they look after
patient records and medicines. When we have a bank account, a computer
______________________. In our homes, computers _____________________________________.

Task 7 Look at this picture and write the parts of the computer.
System unit
Printer
Keyboard
Mouse
Speaker
Monitor
Screen

LANGUAGE FOCUS I VERB TO BE= (ser o estar)

Complete the table below.

EXERCISE 1: Complete the sentences with: am, is , are.

1. A computer ……………….. an electronic device.
2. Types and disks ………………….memory devices.
3. The arithmetic-logical unit ………………..the part of the CPU.
4. Printers …………………..output devices.
5. System unit ………………..the main part of a desktop computer.
6. Pablo ……………….a doctor.
7. A laptop ………………a personal computer.
8. A keyboard ……………….a set of buttons that are used to type text and numbers into a program.
9. I ………… a programmer.
10. Silicon ……………….a non-metallic element.
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 11. Speakers ………………..output devices.
12. Susan …………………a system engineer.
EXERCISE 2: Rewrite the sentences from exercise 1 by using the subject pronouns. (she, he it, they)
1. It is an electronic device.
2. …………………………………………………………………………….
3. …………………………………………………………………………….
4. ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. ……………………………………………………………………………..
6. …………………………………………………………………………….
7. ……………………………………………………………………………..
8. ……………………………………………………………………………..
9. ……………………………………………………………………………….
10. ………………………………………………………………………………..
11. …………………………………………………………………………………
12. ………………………………………………………………………………….

EXERCISE 3: Solve the following crossword.

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EXERCISE 4: Answer the following questions.

What is this? What is this?

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 It is a …………………… ____________________________

What are these? What are these?

They are ……………………..
___________________________
What is this? What are these?
_____________________________ _____________________________

EXERCISE 5: Correct the following sentences.

It is a mouse. It is a keyboard.
It is not a mouse. It is a printer. ……………………………………………..

They are speakers. They are computer cables.

They are not speakers. ……………………………………………..
They are headphones ……………………………………………..

It is a webcam. They are CDs

……………………………………………….. ……………………………………………..
………………………………………………. ……………………………………………..
It is a USB flash drive. They are printers.
……………………………………………….. ……………………………………………..
………………………………………………. ……………………………………………..

LANGUAGE FOCUS II ARTICLES

EXERCISE 6: Fill in the gaps in this paragraph with: a/an or the where necessary.

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The Mendez family have …………..computer at home. Their son uses …………………computer to help with
……………..homework and to play …………………computer games. Their daughter uses ……………….computer
for …………….projects and for ………………email. All ………………….family use it to get information from
………………Internet.
EXERCISE 7: Translate the following sentences in your notebook.
a. Computers are very important today.
b. The mouse is on the desk.
c. A computer is an electronic device.
d. Tapes and disks are memory devices.
e. A programmer is a person that prepares programs to solve problems.
f. The arithmetic – logical unit is the part of the CPU.
g. Students are good but they are a little lazy.
h. The engineering students are in class.
i. Personal computers are very common and light.

Unit 2: Parts of a
Computer
Task 1 Which of these is an example of software? Circle the correct answer.

- Keyboard - monitor - Microsoft excel - printer

Task 2 Which of these is an example of hardware? Circle the correct answer

- monitor - Microsoft word - internet explorer - windows media player

Task 3 Match the English words with their Spanish meaning.

Data – store – retrieve – know - spreadsheet - what – how - have – also – web browser

Navegador de Internet ……………………………………. Almacenar ………………………………..

Recuperar ……………………………………. Tambien …………………………………..
Hoja de caá lculo ……………………………………. Datos .…………………………………
Como ……………………………………. Tener ………………………………….
Saber/ conocer ……………………………………. Que / cual ..………………………………..

Task 4 Read the following text and underline the cognates (English words with similar
structure and meaning to Spanish words)

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 What is a computer?
A computer is an electronic device that manipulates
information, or data. It has the ability to store, retrieve,
and process data. You may already know that you can use a
computer to type documents, send email, play games,
and browse the Web. You can also use it to edit or
create spreadsheets, presentations, and even videos.
All computers have two things in common: hardware and software.
Hardware is any part of your computer that has a physical structure, such as the keyboard or
mouse. It also includes all the computer's internal parts.
Software is any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do and how to do it.
Examples of software include web browsers, games, and word processors. Below, you can see
an image of Microsoft PowerPoint, which is used to create presentations.

Task 5 Read the text and answer the following questions.

a. What is a computer?
_____________________________________________________________
b. What is hardware?
_____________________________________________________________
c. What is software?
_____________________________________________________________
d. What can you do with a computer?
_____________________________________________________________

Task 6 Read the text again and match the verbs with the correct word to make a phrase.
Then, write their Spanish meaning
SPANISH MEANING
1. Process games
1. Procesar datos
2. Type videos
2. …………………………………………….
3. Send spreadsheets
3. ……………………………………………
4. Play data
4. ……………………………………………
5. Browse documents
5. ……………………………………………
6. Create emails
6. ……………………………………………
7. Edit the web
7. ……………………………………………
a. Computer case ….is responsible for what you hear in the speakers or headphones.
b. The front of the case … is one of the main ways to communicate with a computer.
Task 7 Match the parts of the computer with their functions.
… is a device that receives information from a user.
c. The keyboard
…. contains the main components of the computer.
d. A printer … sends power through cables to the motherboard and other components.
e. A scanner … carries out commands.
… copies a physical image or document and save it to your computer as
f. A microphone a digital image.
g. The central processing unit (CPU) … prints documents, photos, and anything else that appears on your screen.

h. The power supply unit … has an ON/OFF button. 7

i. The sound card

Task 8 In pairs translate the sentences from task 7 into Spanish.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Task 9 Match the parts of the computer with their functions.

…a hand-held device … a device for typing letters, …contains the brains of your computer
for moving a cursor numbers, and symbols into that processes information, including
around the screen. the computer the CPU and other parts.

…sends a network signal to the computer; …displays …puts text and

used to connect many computers to the information on a images from the
network or the internet screen. computer onto
paper.

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LANGUAGE FOCUS PRESENT
Cuando el sujeto de la oracioá SIMPLE
n es cualquiera TENSE
de estas personas
no se anñ ade nada al verbo.
Positive form
I Lea los ejemplos que se encuentran en la columna izquierda.
send information.
YOU work for a bank.
WE have a computer.
Nota: Cuando el sujeto de la oracioá n es la tercera persona del
THEY singular, se debe aplicar la siguiente regla para conjugar el verbo. Los
go to the university.
verbos que terminan en:
Students browse theo-ss-ch
web.
Tercera persona -sh
anñ adimos es (pass = passes/ go = goes / wash = washes)
- O –ss –ch –sh – x - añadimos “es”
Pass = passes / go = goes
- consonante + y = se borra la “y” y se aumenta “ies”
study= studies/ carry = carries 9
copy copies.
-cualquier otra letra añadimos “s”
work – works browse - browses
 SHE works for a bank.
HE studies english.
IT has 4 ports.
A scanner copies a physical image.
Pedro goes to the university.

Negative form
I / YOU / WE / Work for a bank.
Students don’t study the book.
My parents (do not) go to the university.
SHE/ HE / IT work a bank. Nota: En la forma negativa,
doesn’t no se anñ ade “s” “es” o “ies” al
copy a character.
This key (does not )
verbo para la tercera persona
Pedro go to the university.
del singular.

EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Complete with the correct form of the verb
a. A monitor …………………(display / displays) images and text on the screen.
b. The optical mouse ……………… (use / uses) an electronic eye to detect movement.
c. Speakers ……………………(allow/ allows) you to hear sound and music.
d. When you ……………(run/runs) a program or open a file, the computer ………………..(copy/copies)
some of the data from the hard drive onto the RAM.
e. Most computers ……………… (have/has) expansion slots on the motherboard.
f. A computer ………………….(have/has) many uses in our daily lives.
g. Carlos ………………. (do/does) a good job.
h. Speakers ………………(send/sends) information from the computer to the user.
Exercise 2: With the help of this diagram, fill in the blanks in the description of digital cameras.
Digital cameras don’t use film. You take pictures on to solid state memory.
Then you 1__________________________them to a2 _____________________. You3 ____________________ and improve
the pictures in your PC. Then you 4______________________them, add them to your5 ____________________, or
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___________________ them on the screen.

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Exercise 3: Complete with the correct form of the verb in present simple. (Positive or negative)
a. The key F2 ______________________a fixed function. (not - have)
b. Carlos _________________a new computer. (have)
c. Computers ____________ many uses. (have)
d. Processor ________________the data. (process)
e. She ___________ English. (study)
f. They ________________________for a bank. (not- work)
g. RAM __________________the program instructions.(store)
h. This key _________________the screen display. (copy)
i. He ___________________to the university in the morning. (go)
j. She ____________________the data and documents. (not-save)
k. Motherboard _______________the functions of different components. (control)
l. The processor _______________ (fetch) commands and necessary information from the RAM,
________________ (carry) out the tasks specified by the commands, and ________________ (return) the
processed information to the RAM.
m. A standard keyboard ___________________ 102 keys. (have)
n. The speed of a computer _______________largely on the speed of the processor. (depend)

Exercise 4: Correct the following sentences.

a. A software engineer designs buildings.
A software engineer does not design buildings. A software engineer designs programs.
b. Printers copy documents.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________
c. Doctors work for banks.
____________________________________________________ ______________________________________________
d. Scanner prints images and documents.
____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________
e. Motherboards control the data and documents.
______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

COMPUTER VERBS

Word Spanish meaning Examples

Store (v) Almacenar RAM stores the program instructions.
Store (n) Amacenaje
Browse Navegar/ explorar
Retrieve
Process
Type
Manipulate
Send
Have
Create
See
Tell
Do
Use
Work
Print

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 Appear
Copy
Paste
Receive
Carry out
Hear
Fetch
Depend
Run
Download
Manipulate

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