ACTIVITIES
a) What is the full form of ICT?
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b) What are the uses of computer?
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c) What do children learn in the computer lab?
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d) Why do people depend on technology?
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e) What are some uses of ICT? (You can think of at least five uses.)
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2. Work with a friend. Read out statements (a), (b) and (c), and ask him/her to say if they are true or false. Your friend will now read statements (d), (e) and (f), and you will have to say if they are true or false.
a) ICT stands for Information and Computer Technology.
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b) We can use a computer to draw and calculate.
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c) A smartphone is a digital service that can perform similar functions as a computer.
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d) A mobile phone is not a device used for ICT.
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e) We can use ICT to do project on English grammer.
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f) Google and Yahoo are search engines.
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3. In the box below are some words from the lesson. Read the sentences and replace the underlined words with the correct word from the box.
a) The elder students are working in the computer lab.
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b) There is a tall tower and an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth.
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c) We use computers to draw, to find out a total number and play online games.
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d) We watch films on a computer too.
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e) Computers and the mobile phone are pieces of equipment that are used to create, collect, process and manage information.
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4. Here is some information from your lesson. Read the lesson quickly and find out the paragraph in which the information is given. Whoever completes the task first will be the winner.
a) Mobile phones and computers are some devices which use technology to create, collect, process, manage and consolidate information.
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b) To perform different functions the computer and the mobile phone require internet connectivity.
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c) One can use ICT skills to locate, gather, and access information from respective websites.
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d) ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology.
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e) Computers can be used to draw, calculate, design, compose, edit, download and save pictures, audio and video, watch movies, play online games etc.
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5. Let’s learn some grammar:
Here are some sentences from the lesson. Fill in the blanks with the options given in the brackets.
a) The teacher smiled)________ them. (in/at)
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b) The teacher promised to take their class________ the lab that afternoon. (to/at)
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c) ‘What do you see ______ (in/on) the screen?’ the teacher asked.
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d) The student asked, ‘Can we do similar things _____(in/on) our mobile phone?’
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e) ICT is the use of technology ____ (to/for) communicate information at a very high speed.
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Now fill in the gaps in these sentences with appropriate prepositions from the choices given:
(i) Please tell me some uses __________ a computer. (in/of/on)
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(ii) A computer is used _________ type, draw and calculate. (to/by/at)
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(iii) My brother recorded a poem _________ his mobile phone. (to/of/on)
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(iv) He sent it _________ his teacher. (by/to/in)
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6. In your earlier classes, you learned about asking questions using Wh-words such as why .. who and where. Like Wh questions, can is also used to ask or enquire about something, such as: ‘Can we do similar things on our mobile phone?’
Think about five questions on ICT that you can ask your friend. Begin each question with Can and end it with a question mark.
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8. a) Look at the following words. They can be broken into different syllables. Read the words aloud and clap your hands for each syllable. Write how many times you have clapped for each word in the given box. One is done for you.
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