English Workshop

Name: Mildred Paola Torregrosa Berrio

Ficha: 903760
Computer & Technology Vocabulary
1. Match these words to the Pictures:

digital
camera

remote
control

cell
phone

MP3
player

telephone

audio
system

compact
disk

Cassett
e

alarm
clock

plasma
television

plasma television/ Cassette/ telephone/ compact disk/ cell phone/ MP3 player/ digital camera/ remote
control/ telephone/ audio system/
2. Read the clues and find the electronic gadget

3.

It is an optical disc used to store digital data: audio system

You can make and receive telephone calls everywhere with it : telephone
This device makes a loud sound at a specific time: alarm clock
You can listen to music everywhere using your: MP3 player
You can switch on the TV, or change the channel with it: remote control

Complete the sentences with these nouns ( there are 3 extra words)

4. Screen
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

digital camera

MP3 player

mouse

printer

website

You can take take digital photos with a digital camera

Most computers can print colour photographs on a printer
You use a mouse to select documents on a computer screen.
The BBC is a TV company. It has a website at www.bbc.co.uk
You can play music on a laptop computer, but the MP3 player

speakers

are very small.

Present tense (3rd person)

10. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb
1. My brother (speaks) three languages fluently.
2. Daniel (watches) his favorite program every Saturday.
3. Jennifer (washes) her hair every day.
4. Ryan (goes) to church every Sunday.
5. My sister (does) her homework after school.
6. My father (not likes) fast food.
7. Your uncle (not works) here.
8. (Sarah / wants) to come with us?
9. (Andre / enjois) pop music?
10. Lea (teachs) English in a private school.one of the most modest people I have
ever met.
11. Jessica (kiss) her mother before she goes to bed.
12. Paul (not plais) tennis.
13. Clara (sings) very well.
14. She always (carries) her umbrella with her.
15. He never (calls) me.
16. My uncle (not talkes) much.
17.(she / cookes) well?
18. (he / drives) carefully?
19. My son never (listens) to me.
20. Your baby (cries) too much.

Comparatives & Superlatives

11. Classify these adjectives:
popular/ big / modern / new / valuable/ light /
heavy / old/ expensive / cheap / antique/ fashionable/ small/ /enormous

Long
adjectives

Modern

Short
adjectives

New

valuabl
e
small

expensi
ve
cheap

fashion
able
light

enormo
us
heavy

antique
old

enormo
us
big

12. Choose the right option

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

Cell phones are cheaper than plasma televisions.

Compact disks are better than cassettes.
Digital cameras are more modern than cassettes.
MP3 players are more small than audio systems
Plasma televisions are more expensive than telephones.

18.

Cool

New Age

Mymusic

SIZE
PRICE
QUALIT
Y
Comparing gadgets. Look at the pictures. Then write sentences comparing the MP3
players.

Examples: Cool is smaller than New Age

My music is the most expensive MP3.

1. Cool is red and the other not

2.New Age is bigger than cool and My Music
3. Mymusic is more expensive than the other
4.Coll is smaller than mymusic and New Age

Simple Past Tense

19. Put the verbs in brackets in the past tense
1. Last year I (go)___went___ to England on holiday.
2 .It (be)_was_____ fantastic.
3 .I (visit)____did__ lots of interesting places. I (be) ___was___ with two friends of
mine .
4. In the mornings we (walk) _walked_____ in the streets of London.
5. In the evenings we (go) ___went___ to pubs.
6. The weather (be) ___was __ strangely fine.
7. It (not / rain) ____did__ a lot.
8. But we (see) _saw_____ some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) __did____ your last holiday?

20. Write the question form and negative form of the following sentences
Affirmative

Question

Negative

He brought his friend

Eg. Did he bring his friend?

Eg. He didnt bring his friend

They had a party

Did They had a party

They didnt had a party

You were here

Did You were here

You didnt were here

She was sick

Did She was sick

She didnt was sick

The building fell down

Did building fell down

The didnt building fell down

The store was closed

Did store was closed

The didnt store was closed

My friend bought a new

computer

Did My friend bought a new

My friend didnt bought a new

computer

You stayed up late last night

Did You stayed up late last

computer
night

You didnt stayed up late last

night

Questions using WH words

21. Insert the appropriate question word (Who, What, Which, When, Where, Why,
How) into the following sentences
WHAT news website do you prefer?

I prefer BBC news website

WHEN did you last check your email account?

night

I checked my emails at around 6pm last

WHERE do I download this file? You download the file by going to this link
WHY is the internet so slow on this computer? The internet is slow because the WiFi
signal is poor
HOW is your email address? My email address is .
WHERE did you study last year? Last year I studied in England

Write answers to the following questions

1. Why are you studying Analysis & Development of Information Systems?
because I like and is very interesting
2. What area do you expect to work in, in the future?
What area do you expect to work in, in the future?

3. When do you expect to finish your studies?

When do you expect to finish your studies?