SESSION 6

 COMPUTERS AND YOU

1.Answer these questions about the computer you are using. Then compare your answers with a partner.

 1.What brand is your computer?

 My computer is LG.

 2. What is the operating system of your computer?

 The operating system of my computer is Windows.

 3.Which web browser(s) does your computer use?

 It uses Google Chrome.

 4.How many buttons are there on your mouse?

 There are three buttons.

 5.Does your computer have a CD-ROM drive? And a DVD-drive? And USB drives?

 My PC has got USB drives and two external hard drives.

 6.Find these keys on your  keyboard. Check each key as you find it translate them into Catalan or Spanish:

Return (enter) - Entrar

Space bar - Espacio

Shift - Mayúscula

Tab - Tabulador

Delete - Suprimir

Control - Control 

Escape - Salir

For these keys, write the symbols next to them, for example "hypen or dash -".

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 on the mouse - Click

7.A little arrow on the screen that moves when you move the mouse - Cursor

8.Select text/images with the mouse - Highlight

3.Match these word processing commands with their definitions below.

1.Duplicate highlighted text/images to put somewhere else - Copy

2.Preserve the contents of a document - Save

3.Cut text/images 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