VIDEO ACTIVITIES: COMPUTER HARDWARE

1)      At the beginning of the video what 3 types of computers can you see?

A laptop, a desktop computer, and computer mac.

2)      Listen and complete the text:

You’ve seen them. They come in all shapes and size but work pretty much in the same ways. In fact, if you could watch within these computers, they have the same basic parts . It’s these parts, the hardware that do all of the work in computers.

3)      What can be compared to the basement of a house? Why?

To a hard disk. because you can store music photos i software documents.

4)      What disadvantage do hard disks have?

That it takes longer to find documents or anything.

5)      What can be compared to a closet? Why?

Ram memory. because it allows quick and easy access to certain information.

6)      What can be compared to a butler? Why?

A processor. Because it sends and receives information, complete tasks and put to work the software.

7)      Match the two parts of the sentences:

1-The hard disk	d-stores all the things you need for later.a-out every time you restart your computer.
2-RAM	c-makes some information quick and easy to access.
3-RAM gets cleaned	a-out every time you restart your computer.
4-Going to the basement (hard disk)	b-takes too much time whenever you need something.
5-The bigger the hardware,	f-the more you can store.
6-The processor	e-makes things work together.f-the more you can store.