speaking

2. Arrange the jumbled
letters!

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f o r i
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technology
phone
invent
information

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television
radio
computer
machine

6. Technology and You
Speaking

7. Technology
application of tools and methods:
the study and use of devices, machines, and
techniques for manufacturing and productive
processes

8. Technology

9. The uses of modern inventions.

10. Question:
Can you tell me what a cell phone is
used for?
Answer:
Well, it is used to talk to people when
you are away from home.

12. Now make similar conversations,
using the words given.

13. Question:
Answer:
Radio
• listen (news/music)
• learn foreign language
Can you tell me what a radio is used for?
A radio is used to listen to news or music.
A radio is used to learn foreign language

14. Question:
Answer:
Television
• watch (news/performances/football matches)
• learn foreign languages
Can you tell me what a TV is used for?
• A radio is used to watch news, performances and
football matches.
• A TV is used to learn foreign languages.

15. Question:
Answer:
Fax machine
• send letter/picture quickly
• receive letter/picture quickly
Can you tell me what a fax machine is
used for?
• A fax machine is used to send letter or picture quickly.
• A fax machine is used to receive letter or picture quickly.

16. Question:
Answer:
Electric Cooker
• cook (rice/ meat/ fish / vegetables)
• keep (food / rice ) warm
Can you tell me what an electric cooker
is used for?
• An electric cooker is used to cook rice, meat, fish and
vegetables.
• An electric cooker is used to keep the food and rice warm.

17. Question:
Answer:
Air conditioner
• Keep (air cool or warm / when hot or cold)
Can you tell me what an air conditioner is
used for?
• An air conditioner is used to keep the air cool when it is hot.
• An air conditioner is used to keep the air warm when it is
cold.

19. • Transmit - to send something, pass something on, to spread,
from one person, thing, or place to another
• Receive - to take or accept something given
• Make - create something
• Process - series of actions
• Store – to save or to put something away for use in the future
• Send - to transmit information or a message to somebody
from one to another
• Hold - to contain or be able to do a task with a fixed
number or time
• Design - to plan or to make a plan

21. Complete the sentence using the words in
the box. You can use the verbs more
than once.

22. 1. ______________ very large
amounts of information.
Information technology is very useful to
our lives. It allows us to:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
store

23. 2. ______________ information
quickly.
Information technology is very useful to
our lives. It allows us to:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
transmit

24. 3. ______________ information
as soon as we receive it.
Information technology is very useful to
our lives. It allows us to:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
process

25. 4. ______________ messages
from one computer to another.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
send

26. 5. ______________ long
distance meetings in which the
participants can see each other
on screen.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
hold

27. 6. ______________ use of
central stores of information.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
make

28. 7. ______________ TV
programmes to other countries.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
send

29. 8. ______________ TV
programmes from other countries.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
receive

30. 9. ______________ houses,
bridges, gardens and buildings.
With the development of information
technology, we can now:
transmit receive make process
store send hold design
design

32. Rank the following according
to importance.

33. In a group, rearrange the ideas in
Task 2, and then rank them in order
of importance.

34. Information technology is very useful to our lives. It
allows us to:
1. store very large amounts of information.
2. transmit information quickly.
3. process information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we
can now:
4. send messages from one computer to another.
5. hold long distance meetings in which the participants
can see each other on screen.
6. make use of central stores of information.
7. send TV programmes to other countries.
8. receive TV programmes from other countries.
9. design houses, bridges, gardens and buildings.

35. With your groups, talk about the
importance of technology.

36. Information technology is very useful to our lives. It
allows us to:
• store very large amounts of information.
• transmit information quickly.
• process information as soon as we receive it.
With the development of information technology we can
now:
• send messages from one computer to another.
• hold long distance meetings in which the participants
can see each other on screen.
• make use of central stores of information.
• send TV programmes to other countries.
• receive TV programmes from other countries.
• design houses, bridges, gardens and buildings.