Vocabulary unit 6

1. Match the words to the nouns.

1 design a online
2 connect b a password
3 listen c games
4 play d pictures
5 send e to friends
6 surf f software
7 talk g text messages
8 forget h to music
9 install i to the Internet
10 upload j a website

2 Fill in check, communicate, control, display, convert, plug, record, scroll in the correct form.

1 A: There’s a phone application 5 A: I can’t get this computer to turn on.

that .................................. speech to text. B: Maybe you should ............................ it in
B: Great! So we don’t have to type messages first!
any more. We just dictate them to the phone!
6 A: Does your new camera ..................................
2 A: What’s wrong with my screen? video too?
It .................................. everything upside B: Yeah, but only for about three minutes.
down!
7 A: This remote allows you
B: Someone’s played a practical joke on you!
to .................................. the robot from a
Here, let me fix it.
great distance.
3 A: Where is the site map? B: That is impressive.
B: .................................. down to the bottom of
8 A: How is the network linked up?
the page and you’ll see it.
B:....The computers .................................. with
4 A: Could I borrow your laptop each other using Bluetooth.
to .................................. my email?
B: Sure. Go ahead.

3 Complete the exchanges with the correct form of the verbs from the list.
 .. chat  click  print  read  search  transfer

1 A: How can I see this photo? 4 A: What are you doing?

B: Just .......................... on it twice and it will B: I’m ............................. with a friend online.
open.
5 A: Why can’t I watch this video clip on my PC?
2 A: I think this computer has had it. B: Because your media player
B: Yeah, I’d ............................. all my files to a can’t ............................ this type of file.
flash drive if I were you.
6 A: Why didn’t you .......................... your
3 A: I’m afraid I’ve lost the file. report?
B: It’s probably saved somewhere. I’ll show B: I didn’t have any paper.
you how to .............................. for it.

4. Choose the correct answer.

1 This program is causing your computer to run very slowly; you should ......... it.
A disconnect B unfold C uninstall

2 The developers ......... basic principles of technology to build the machine.

A controlled B transferred C applied

3 The programmer will ......... how the computerised design methods work.
A demonstrate B prove C probe

4 Our programmers are ......... new software at the moment.

A formulating B developing C setting

5 You must ......... caution when using this type of machine.

A exercise B combine C practise

6 It is said that travelling ......... your mind.

A expands B broadens C grows

5 Fill in: format, browser, keyboard, processing, document, networking.

 1 Which .................................. do you use to surf 5 I need a new .....................................; the
the Net? spacebar on this one doesn’t work, and I can’t
2 Tina reunited with her best friends from high type properly.
school through a social .................................. 6 I’m surprised there is no
site. word .................................. software provided
3 What .................................. are your with this new laptop.
photographs in, JPEG or RAW?
4 Make sure you save the .................................. in
the right file.
 Word formation

6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in bold.

1 The Internet has greatly improved .................................... among people. COMMUNICATE

2 Patrick wants a laptop so that he can work in the .................................. of his own room. PRIVATE
3 Can I use your computer to prepare a PowerPoint ..................................?
4 Anti-virus programs .................................. that your computer doesn’t get infected with PRESENT
harmful viruses. SURE
5 Computer ..................... are constantly coming up with new programs.
6 There’s a phone application that ........................................ the size of the letters on the SCIENCE
screen, making them up to 130% bigger. LARGE
7 Leonard waited ....................................... for the film to download.
8 Peter decided to spend a year abroad in order to ................................ his horizons. PATIENT
9 Smartphones ............................... people to go online without needing a computer. WIDE
10 Hopefully, robots like the iCub will be able to ........................... the heavy workload of
doctors and nurses. ABLE

LIGHT

7 Prepositions

I Fill in: from, on, in, into, to.

1 I hate it when ads appear ........... my screen while I’m surfing the Net.
2 You shouldn’t keep you laptop plugged ........... the mains all the time.
3 Do I need a password to connect ........... the Internet?
4 Lucy hasn’t been ............. touch with her old friends for a while.
5 Do you know how to remove the battery ........... this phone?
 Phrasal verbs
7 Choose the correct item.

1 I didn’t know what I was ......... for when I

signed up to that website.
A up B in C into

2 We can’t use the printer because it’s .........

paper.
A out from B off C out of

3 Could you check if there is anything good .........

TV tonight?
A on B in C at

4 I can’t call Jason to fix my computer; he’s .........

on holiday.
A away B after C out

5 I’m afraid I must be ......... . I’ve got a train to

catch.
A out B off C away

6 Rebecca had been ......... a pink iPhone for ages

so she must have been delighted when her
brother got her one.
A in for B after C for