Instituto de Humanidades Enrique Curti Canobbio Coronel

Gadgets: What is it?

1. Read the following descriptions and write the name of the correct gadget.
It is a communication device. It provides voice communication, short message service, multimedia message service among others. ______________________ It is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound. ______________________ It is a portable consumer electronic device that allows you to store and plays music files in MP3 format. It is a small handheld device wich often use a flash memory for storing MP3 files. ______________________ It is a portable Universal Serial Bus flash memory device. Often shaped like a small pen or pencil. ______________________ It takes images and videos digitally, by recording images via an electronic image sensor. ______________________ It is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor.

______________________ It is a tablet size computer. It is essentially a small laptop computer, equipped with a rotatable touchscreen as an additional input device, and running a standard PC operating system. ______________________ It is a small portable computing device, similar to a notebook. However, it has a smaller form factor and comes with more limited features. ______________________

It is a video game consoler. ______________________

It is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation. ______________________

Mp3 player Netbook

Tablet movile phone television

Laptop telephone DVD

Car PSP radioplayer

Pendrive Play station

Digital camera

1. Clasiify the gadgets according to their pursope and characterisctics.

Enterteiment

Communication

Portable

Storing

2. Read again the previous descriptions and answer the following questions. What is a SMS? What is a MMS? What is a USB flash? ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________

3. Read the following statements and answer Right R or Wrong W. _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Televisions provides just monochrome images. A pendrive is a USB flash memory device. You can bring your PSP to everywhere. A tablet size computer is similar to a laptop. An mp3 players just store mp3 files. A netbook has limited fetures than a notebook.

4. Look at the bold words in the text. Match each of them with their corresonding meaning. Vocabulary item 1. Digitally. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Monocrome. Wheeled. Store. Touchscreen. Portable. Consoler. Handheld. Meaning _____ It allows the user to interact with a computer by touching areas on the screen. _____ Able to be easily carried or moved. _____ Keppeing files for future uses. _____ A panel that contains a set of controls. _____ Way in which a picture is captured. _____ Designed to be held in the hand. _____ Reproduction of images in only one colour. _____ Something moved by wheels.