Write short answers to these questions.

1. Name four ways you can store computer data,

a ________________ c __________________

b __________________ d __________________

2. Name the open folder in the diagram._________________

3. How many folders are in My Computer in the diagram? ______________

4. What is the hard disk called in Apple Macintosh computers? __________

5. Where will you find My Videos in the Windows OS? ______________

 

Match the questions (1-5) with the answers (a-e).

Why can’t a floppy disk store videos?	Portable data storage disks.
What are removable disks?	Other folders or files appear.
Where do computers store program files?	So that you can find them easily.
Why do you need to organize your files?	On the hard disk.
1. hat happens if you click the plus sign?	a. Because it can't hold a lot of data.

 

Vocabulary

4. Find the words in the text that mean:

1 computer information (paragraph 1)________________________________

2 when computers stop working (1)__________________________________

3 a second copy of a file (1)________________________________________

4 to put in neat order (2)___________________________________________

5 a list (2)______________________________________________________

 

Speaking

5. Work in pairs. Look at the files below. How would you organize them so that you can find them easily? Add more files to the list.

music files ■ history essays ■ games■ pictures of my friends ■ videos ■ photos of my family ■ my science reports ■ letters to my friends ■ letters to my family ■ my English language lessons ■ desktop pictures ■ screen savers

 

Get real

Ask people in your family or your friends’ families who have their own computers how they organize their personal files. Ask them what categories they use and how they decide what files go into each category. Make a class list of the types of data they store.

 

Creating a folder

Before you start

1 Match the icons (a-i) with the words (1-9) below.

1 pointer □ 2 cursor □ 3 C: drive icon □

4 folder □5 close □6 drop-down menu □

7 minimize□8 maximize □ 9 restore □

 

Reading

2 Read the text quickly. What do you use from Exercise 1 to make a folder?

1. To make a new folder in the Windows OS, go to the Desktop, find the My Computer icon with the pointer and double-click it using the left mouse button. The My Computer window appears, showing the different drives. Maximize the screen if necessary.

2. Double-click the C: drive icon. The C: drive window appears showing the folders in your C: drive, either in a row or in a list.

3. Move the pointer to the menu bar. Click on File and a drop-down menu appears. You can only click the words New or Close.

4. Move the pointer to the word New. Another menu appears with Folder at the top of the list.

5. Click on Folder. This creates a new folder that appears at the end of the list of folders on the C: drive. The words New Folder are highlighted. The cursor also flashes on and off to show you where to type.

6. Click on New Folder and type the name you want in the box. This can be up to 250 characters long, but you cannot use the characters ‘\ /:*?“<> I’ in your folder name.

7. Click anywhere on the window to see your new folder name. If you do not click on the window, you will save your new folder as New Folder, not with the name you want.

8. Close the window.

9. Your new folder is now listed in the C: drive in alphabetical order.

 

3.Match the diagrams (a-d) with the instruction numbers from Exercis 2.

Vocabulary

4.Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.

1. _________Double-click the to view a list offolders and files.

2. You will find the Undo command in the Edit _________ menu.

3. The shows you where to type on thescreen.

4. The mouse controls both the___________andthe cursor.

5. If you click____________, the window will coverall of the computer screen.

6. Clicking_______________________ changes the size andlocation of the window.

 

Writing

5 Write down the instructions you need to operate one of the following:

a mobile phone ■ a tape recorder ■ a camera ■ a video recorder ■ a CD/cassette player

Get real

Imagine that your class is going to store all the information from your English lessons on computer, so that any student can use it. How could you organize the information into folders (e.g. grammar) and files (e.g. the present simple)? Create a list of folders and files, and name them all.

 

Saving files

Before you start