Are you a computer geek?
Student s Worksheet
A. Name the items indicated in the pictures:
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2.
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5.
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B. Complete the text by translating the words in brackets into English:
We are surrounded by technology. I don t even have to leave my house to find tens of
examples. I use my (1) c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (komputer) almost every day, I listen to my MP3
(2) p _ _ _ _ _ (odtwarzacz) when I tidy my room or make breakfast for myself. Talking about
tidying, a (3) h _ _ _ _ _ (odkurzacz) is another (4) i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (wynalazek) I use.
We have a (5) s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (telewizja satelitarna) and a (6) p _ _ _ _ _ s _ _ _ _ _
(ekran plazmowy) in our living room, a (7) m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (kuchenka mikrofalowa) and
a (8) d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (zmywarka) in our kitchen, each of us have their own
(9) m _ _ _ _ _ p _ _ _ _ (telefon komórkowy). We also have a (10) w _ _ _ _ _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _
(pralka) in the bathroom. Technology is just everywhere.
C. Cross the odd one out:
1. experiment  research  test  scanner
2. physics  physical education  chemistry  archeology
3. reaction  element  cursor  molecule
4. plane  spacecraft  planet  universe
5. delete  print  discover  save
6. solid  gadget  gas  liquid
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Are you a computer geek?
Teacher s Notes
by B. Skulski
Type of activity: individual work, pair work B.
(follow-up) Give your students 15 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Focus: to revise vocabulary from the thirteenth
of the Gimnazjum Exam topics -  Nauka i
Answers:
technika
1. computer
2. player
Level/age group: gimnazjum, grade 3
3. hoover
Time: 45 minutes
4. invention
5. satellite TV
Preparation: Copy the worksheet (one per
6. plasma screen
student)
7. microwave
Lead-in:
8. dishwasher
Ask the students the following questions:
9. mobile phone
10. washing machine
1. How often do you use a computer?
2. How many inventions can you find inside your
C.
house?
Give your students 10 minutes to complete
Answers:
the activity. Check the answers:
1. students answers
Answers:
2. students answers
1. scanner (it s not a word describing scientific work)
Procedure:
2. physical education (it s not a science)
Hand out the copies of the worksheet.
3. cursor (it s not connected with chemistry)
4. plane (it s not connected with space exploration)
5. discover (it s not connected with computers)
A.
6. gadget (it s not connected with physics)
Give your students 5 minutes to complete
the activity. Check the answers:
Answers:
Suggested follow-up:
1. screen Put the students into pairs (A and B). Student A
is a technophile and cannot live without
2. loudspeaker
technology. Student B is a technophobe and
3. mouse
hates all technological novelties. Give students
4. keyboard
a few minutes to think about arguments and
5. printer
then ask them to convince their partner that
6. tray
they are right.
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