Fun and games Section. Speaking/writing Practice

SPEAKING/WRITING PRACTICE

1. Find the information on the topics and make a report:

1. Make a picture/a photo of interface elements and describe them.

2. Give a description of some system utilities’ functions.

3. Using the Internet find two operating systems designed for hand-held devices such as laptops. 4. Describe the history, the usage and distribution of Microsoft Windows Operating System. 5. What and how connects Unix and Linux? 6. The creation of Apple. Its products and their usage. 7. Do Microsoft and Apple compete? 8. Self-explanatory icons. What are they? 9. Which operating system is the most user-friendly? 10. What is an interface in other spheres of life (e.g. human relationships)?

2. Your friend is going to buy a computer, but he doesn’t know much about operating systems. Write an e-mail explaining why Windows is so popular.

1. Unscramble the letters to make words related to computer operating systems and then fit the words into the puzzle to read the hidden word. Give definitions to the words you have found.

OESPTKD	EOITPRN	YIIUTTL
AOARTLB	OIAATPLPCN	RREIVD
WOWIDN	OINC	EORDLF

2. Find the hidden words in this square. Some appear vertically, some horizontally, and some diagonally. They may be upside-down or back to front. Use the clues below to help you. The number of letters in each word and the first letter of the word appear in brackets after the clue. The first one has been done for you.

1. a computer that is small enough to hold in the hand. (7, P) 2. an electronic pen. (6, S) 3. to erase or omit. (3, D) 4. one type of portable computer which operates with an electronic pen. (9, C) 5. the information that the computer processes. (4, D) 6. a network of lines crossing at right angles. (4, G) 7. a signal to a processor to suspend temporarily the current

sequence of instructions. (9, I)

8. a pattern used as a guide for creating letters or characters. (8, T)

9. an individual dot on a computer screen. (5, P)

C	T	A	A	R	I	T	P	L	R
L	P	N	T	P	I	D	A	E	E
I	U	E	A	E	E	B	L	X	T
P	R	T	D	L	A	F	M	I	E
B	R	E	E	S	N	O	T	P	M
O	E	T	G	R	I	D	O	T	P
A	E	C	V	K	L	M	P	Y	L
R	N	D	S	T	Y	L	U	S	A
D	E	L	V	E	I	Y	S	T	T
T	P	U	R	R	E	T	N	I	E

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