| click (on)
| e.g.
| First click on “file”, then on “new”, and then start typing.
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| edit
| e.g.
| The company annual report was edited.
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| enter
| e.g.
| The command on the computer screen told me to enter my name, so I typed it in.
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| insert
| e.g.
| The tables were inserted and the report was finished.
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| open
| e.g.
| Open the file called “management” and you’ll get the information you need.
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| print
| e.g.
| He printed a letter on his computer’s printer.
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| save
| e.g.
| Please save the paragraph on your screen so it will not be lost.
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| switch on
| e.g.
| I’ve forgotten to switch on the printer.
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Exercises in Comprehension
Ex.1. Answer the following questions:
1. What is a computer?
2. What impact do computers have on the business world?
3. What is a PC?
4. What kinds of personal computers do you know?
5. What is hardware?
6. What does software contain?
7. What causes problems in a computer system?
8. What is a virus?
9. What do we call a person who gains unauthorized access to computer systems?
10. What kind of PC would you prefer to have, a desktop or a laptop?
Ex.2.Sum up what you remember about:
s personal computers
s hardware and software
s viruses
Grammar Revision
| Countable and Uncountable Nouns
1. Countable nouns are those that have both a plural and singular forms: things/persons that we can count. They are used with words such as the, a, several, many, (a) few and numbers.
e.g. a computer, two computers
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| 2. Uncountable nouns have only one form. This may be grammatically singular:
e.g. advice, information, equipment, traffic, progress, work, trouble, furniture, news, money, cash, knowledge, luck, fun, accommodation, expertise, feedback, hardware, leisure, weather, bread, behaviour; or grammatically plural:
e.g. personnel, police
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| 3. Uncountable nouns cannot take the indefinite article (a/an), they are used with words such as some, much, (a) little. You can’t use numbers with them.
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| 4. Some nouns can have both plural and singular verb forms
e.g. team, public, government, committee, group, media, staff
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| 5. Some nouns are countable with one meaning and uncountable with another meaning.
e.g. That conversation took too much time.
How many times have I heard that?
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Ex.1. Identify the countable and uncountable nouns in the list below:
money, economics, cheque, profit, production, product, progress, furniture, news, information, desktop, hardware, hacker, user, luggage, advice, business, virus, bug, equipment, feedback, personnel, bond, job.
