VB036 Week 12
ARTICLES
1) Articles revision. Choose the correct answer in the following exercise.
Her uncle works as ___ cook.
a) no article b) a c) an d) the
Sarah is very talented. She plays ___ piano.
a) no article b) a c) an d) the
This is ___ movie I told you about.
a) no article b) a c) an d) the
John knows ___ few people in Canada.
a) no article b) a c) an d) the
What do you usually have for ___ breakfast?
a) no article b) a c) an d) the
I don’t feel well. I may have caught ___ cold.
a) no article b) a c) and d) the
Francisca is ___ Spanish.
a) no article b) a c) and d) the
2) Articles revision. Fill in the empty gap with the appropriate article.
a) For ___ first time in their lives, these former test subjects are feeling ___ warmth of sunlight on their faces.
b) Their car does 150 miles ___ hour.
c) My mom bought me ___ cool T-shirt. She is ___ best.
d) Adam may have ___ cancer. I’m getting really worried.
e) We live in ___ North.
f) She is usually grumpy in ___ morning.
g) Do you still live in ___ Brno?
h) Dan has been quiet ___ whole day. Is he okay?
More article exercises:
a) Which article do the following illnesses, diseases or health conditions require?
Cancer, measles, flu, heart attack, sore throat, malaria, cold, bubonic plague, headache,
b) Be careful with directions!
We had to walk east. VS. We had to walk to the east.
When you get to the corner, turn left and you’ll see my house. VS. My house is on the right.
c) Avoiding confusion
An apple, strawberry and lemon ice cream. VS. An apple, a strawberry and a lemon ice cream.
More comma practice:
a) Because
“He didn’t run because he was afraid.”
- He didn’t run, because he was afraid.
- He didn’t run because he was afraid. He ran because he was angry.
“I heard Lukáš got fired because Lenka was gossiping in my mum’s store.”
- I head Lukáš got fired because Lenka was gossiping in my mum’s store and that was the reason to fire him.
- I head Lukáš got fired, because Lenka was gossiping in my mum’s store.
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b) Dangling modifier
“To raise a good dog, patience is useful.”
After washing my car, the car looked just beautiful.
Having studying hard, the test was quite simple for Tom.
Before adding the compound, it was determined that the solution’s pH was 6.4.
DISCOVERING COMPUTERS
1) Match the terms from Discovering Computers chapters 10 and 13 with their definitions.
portal
biometric device
surge protector
phising
data warehouse
workflow
e-retail
RAID
interoperability
spoofing
a) Retailers use Web to sell products and
services
b) is ability to share information with other
information systems within enterprise
c) is a technique intruders use to make their
network or Internet transmission appear
legitimate to a victim computer or
network
d) Scam in which a perpetrator sends an
official looking e-mail that attempts to
obtain your personal information
e) Steps involved in completing project or
business process
f) Redundant array of independent disks
g) Huge database that stores data required
to analyze historical and current
transactions
h) Collection of links, content, and services
presented on Web page
i) Protects computer and equipment from
electrical power disturbances
j) Authenticates person’s identity using
personal characteristic
2) Answer the definitions by providing the required terms from Chapters 5 and 7.
Input device that contains keys users press to enter data into a computer
Entering input by speaking into a microphone
Number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display device
Two or more geographically separated people who use a network or the Internet to transmit audio and video data
Data that has been processed into a useful form
Provides functionality of a printer, scanner, copy machine, and fax machine
System software that performs maintenance-type tasks
Reorganizes files and unused space on hard disk so programs run faster
Copies selected files or entire hard disk onto another storage medium
Program placed on a computer without the user’s knowledge that secretly collects information about the user