Ex.2. Make sentences using the prompts below

Ex.7. Study the verbs which are usually used when talking about using computers. Consult your dictionary and translate them into Ukrainian.

click (on)	e.g.	First click on “file”, then on “new”, and then start typing.
edit	e.g.	The company annual report was edited.
enter	e.g.	The command on the computer screen told me to enter my name, so I typed it in.
insert	e.g.	The tables were inserted and the report was finished.
open	e.g.	Open the file called “management” and you’ll get the information you need.
print	e.g.	He printed a letter on his computer’s printer.
save	e.g.	Please save the paragraph on your screen so it will not be lost.
switch on	e.g.	I’ve forgotten to switch on the printer.

Exercises in Comprehension

Ex.1. Answer the following questions:

1. What is a computer?

2. What impact do computers have on the business world?

3. What is a PC?

4. What kinds of personal computers do you know?

5. What is hardware?

6. What does software contain?

7. What causes problems in a computer system?

8. What is a virus?

9. What do we call a person who gains unauthorized access to computer systems?

10. What kind of PC would you prefer to have, a desktop or a laptop?

Ex.2.Sum up what you remember about:

s personal computers

s hardware and software

s viruses

Grammar Revision

Countable and Uncountable Nouns 1. Countable nouns are those that have both a plural and singular forms: things/persons that we can count. They are used with words such as the, a, several, many, (a) few and numbers. e.g. a computer, two computers

2. Uncountable nouns have only one form. This may be grammatically singular: e.g. advice, information, equipment, traffic, progress, work, trouble, furniture, news, money, cash, knowledge, luck, fun, accommodation, expertise, feedback, hardware, leisure, weather, bread, behaviour; or grammatically plural: e.g. personnel, police

3. Uncountable nouns cannot take the indefinite article (a/an), they are used with words such as some, much, (a) little. You can’t use numbers with them.

4. Some nouns can have both plural and singular verb forms e.g. team, public, government, committee, group, media, staff

5. Some nouns are countable with one meaning and uncountable with another meaning. e.g. That conversation took too much time. How many times have I heard that?

Ex.1. Identify the countable and uncountable nouns in the list below:

money, economics, cheque, profit, production, product, progress, furniture, news, information, desktop, hardware, hacker, user, luggage, advice, business, virus, bug, equipment, feedback, personnel, bond, job.

1. Some people /be/always/late.

2. This new equipment/be/expensive.

3. The police/be looking for/the stolen/computer?

4. His/advice/be/useful?

5. The information/you/need/be/in the computer.

6. The personnel/be/pleased/with/the new/ equipment?

7. The board/discuss/the financial/statement/yet?

8. Where/be/the money/that/you/borrowed/yesterday?

9. The weather/be/really/good/today.

10. Hardware/be/the actual/machinery/of/a computer.

11. All/the luggage/be/here/in the office?

12. Philips’ headquarters/be/in Eindhoven/the Netherlands.

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