D: Ingles para la Comunicación Oral DATE: April, 2023
WORKSHEET 04: WH-QUESTIONS
Warm-up: Watch the video carefully and complete the gaps with the correct Question Word
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1. _________ may I assist you? 8. _________ are your qualifications?
2. _________ is it? 9. _________ are your strengths?
3. _________ did you find about this job? 10. _________ many words can you type in a
4. _________ are you currently working? minute?
5. _________ is your role? 11. _________ are your weaknesses?
6. _________ long have you been working 12. _________ do you manage situations?
there? 13. _________ do you see yourself in next 5
7. _________ do you want to leave your years?
current job?
TASK 01: Complete with the following questions WHO, WHICH, WHERE, WHAT, WHOSE, WHEN,
WHY
1. ___________ is the manager? Mr. Derek.
2. ___________ one is your laptop? The white one.
3. ___________ is the teacher? In class.
4. ___________ are you watching? An old TV show.
5. ___________ car is red? Nora's.
6. ___________ is your name? Brian.
7. ___________ time are you coming? At 5 o’clock.
8. ___________ are you going? To the meeting.
9. ___________ is that man? My assistant.
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10. __________ is the computer handbook? It’s in the second drawer.
11. __________ dictionary is this? It's mine.
12. __________ is your next promotion? It’s in July
13. __________ are you happy? Because I got a new job
14. __________ platform has a higher rate of engagement? Facebook or Instagram
15. After Google, _______ is the second most popular website in the world?
16. __________ invented the internet?
17. __________ is your mobile number?
18. __________ are you so late! Because I had a problem.
TASK 02: Write a question to ask about the underlined object of the sentence.
1. Q: __________________?
A: Alex buys some devices.
2. Q: _________________________________ ?
A: He is downloading videos.
3. Q: __________________________ ?
A: He works at the technology store.
4. Q: __________________________ ?
A: We have a meeting on Monday.
5. Q: __________________________ ?
A: Because I missed the bus.
HISTORY OF THE COMPUTER
The computer as we know it today had its beginning with a 19th century English mathematics
professor named Charles Babbage. He designed the Analytical Engine and it was this design that the
basic framework of the computers of today are based on. Generally speaking, computers can be
classified into three generations. Each generation lasted for a certain period of time and each gave us
either a new and improved computer or an improvement to the existing computer.
First generation: 1937 – 1946 - In 1937 the first electronic digital computer was built by Dr. John V.
Atanasoff and Clifford Berry. It was called the Atanasoff - Berry Computer (ABC). In 1943 an electronic
computer name the Colossus was built for the military. Other developments continued until in 1946
the first general– purpose digital computer, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
was built. It is said that this computer weighed 30 tons, and had 18,000 vacuum tubes which were
used for processing. When this computer was turned on for the first time, lights dimmed in sections of
Philadelphia. Computers of this generation could only perform one single task, and they had no
operating system.
Second generation: 1947 – 1962 - This generation of computers used transistors instead of vacuum
tubes, which were more reliable. In 1951, the first computer for commercial use was introduced to the
public; the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC 1). In 1953 the International Business Machine
(IBM) 650 and 700 series computers made their mark in the computer world. During this generation of
computers over 100 computer programming languages were developed and computers had memory
and operating systems. Storage media such as tape and disk were in use.
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Third generation: 1963 - present - The invention of integrated circuit
brought us the third generation of computers. With this invention,
computers became smaller, more powerful and more reliable, and they are
able to run many different programmes at the same time. In 1980,
Microsoft Disk Operating System (MSDos) was born and in 1981 IBM
introduced the personal computer (PC) for home and office use. Three
years later Apple gave us the Macintosh computer with its icon driven interface and the 1990s gave us
the Windows operating system.
As a result of the various improvements to the development of the computer, we have seen the
computer being used in all areas of life. It is a very useful tool that will continue to experience new
development as time passes.
TASK 03: GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TEXT
1: Which company developed 100 computer programming languages?
_________________________________________________________________________________
2: In which year did Apple give us the Macintosh computer?
_________________________________________________________________________________
3: What was invented in 1963?
_________________________________________________________________________________
4: What are the 4 main advantages of third generation computers?
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5: When was the electronic computer built for the military?
_________________________________________________________________________________
6: How heavy was the Electronic Numerical Integrator & Computer (ENIAC)?
_________________________________________________________________________________
7: How was information stored by computers in 1953?
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8: What was the name of the first commercial computer?
_________________________________________________________________________________
9: When was the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-Dos) born?
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10: How many tasks was a first-generation computer able to perform?
_________________________________________________________________________________
TASK 04: Practice in pairs this Conversation
A. Hey. have you tried Lynda?
B. Is that a person?
A. No. No. It’s a website
B. Don’t know it. What is it exactly?
A. Basically, it has a bunch of online courses. You can learn almost anything.
B. Oh. Interesting. Did you try it?
A. Yeah just recently, I downloaded a course about online marketing. I think it was like 50.00 or
something. Not that expensive.
B. That’s pretty reasonable! How’s the quality though?
A. Not bad. I think some courses are better than others, but, for 50.00 you cannot complain. And..
usually there are reviews.
