COMPUTERS AND YOU
1. Answer these questions about the computer you are using. Then compare your answer with a partner.
1. What brand is your computer? The screen it's Philips and the tower it's LG
2. What is the operating system of your computer? The operating system is Windows.
3. Which web browser(s) does your computer use? It uses Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet explorer.
4. How many buttons are there on your mouse? There are 3 buttons.
5. Does your computer have a CD-ROM drive? Yes, it does. And a DVD-drive? Yes, it does. And USB drives? Yes, it does.
6. Find these keys on your keyboard. Check each key as you find it write the symbol next to its name.
Return (enter), Space bar (espai), Shift ( mayúscula), Tab (tabulació), Delete (esborrar), Control (Control), Escape (escapar), hyphen or dash (-), period or dot (.), comma (,), colon(:), right parenthesis ("( "), slash (/), at symbol (@).
2. Match these word-processing terms with their definitions. Then compare your answers with a partner.
1. A list of computer operations ➜ Menu
2. A box on the screen that shows information ➜Window
3. A small picture or symbol ➜ Icon
4. Text or other data stored together with a special name ➜ File
5. Software for creating text files ➜ Word processor
6. Press and release the button the mouse ➜ Click
7. A little arrow on the screen that moves when you move the mouse ➜ Cursor
8. Select text/imatges with the mouse ➜ Highlight
3. Match these word preocessing commands with their definitions below.
1. Duplicate highlighted text/imatges to put somewhere else: Copy
2.Preserve the contents of a document: Save
3. Cut text/imatges from one place and put them somewhere else: Cut and paste
4. Open an existing document: Open
5. Create a new document: New
6. Send the contents of a document to the printer: Print
7. Close the document without quitting the word processor: Close
8. Save the contents of a document under a new file name: Save as
