Computers: Reading tasks

1 Underline the choices to make sentences that are true

for you:
a I have / dont have a computer.
b I always use / usually use / never use a computer
every day.
c I use a computer at work / at school / at university / at home / in a cyber
caf (Internet caf).
d I think computers are useful / great fun / difficult to use / boring.

2a Name these different parts of a computer.

Use the words / phrases in the box to help you. Careful: one word is not needed!

monitor
1 computer
keyboard
4 hard disc drive
screen
speakers
2 5 mouse
CD Rom /DVD

3
7
picture from Wikipedia

2b Whats the difference between the computer pictured above, and the photo?

3 Fill in the chart with information about the three different countries.

A ___________ B ___________ C ___________

1 When the Internet
started in that country
2 How much the Internet
costs at home
3 How much the Internet
costs in a caf
4 What percentage of the
population use the
Internet
5 Where the speaker
started using computers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2007

Taken from the Skills section in www.onestopenglish.com