T o d a y 's L e s s o n : h a r d w a r e

O b je c tiv e s :
1 . I d e n tif y c o m p u te r h a r d w a r e .
2 . B u ild a te c h n ic a l v o c a b u la r y .
3 . G e t in to u c h w ith th e
te c h n o lo g ic a l w o r ld .

F r e e R e a d in g : T e c h n ic a l V o c a b u la r y 1
A B u s in e s s P r o je c t
M a t c h t h e W o r d w it h t h e
P ic t u r e :
D o n a ld a n d R ic k y h a v e a s m a ll
s tu d io a l h o m e . T h e y s ta r te d a 1 . p e rs o n a l c o m p u te r
(P C )
h o m e b u s in e s s . T h e s e tw o 2 . h a rd w a re
p a r tn e r s in v e s te d th e ir m o n e y in 3 . s o ftw a r e
f o u r c o m p u te r s e ts . T h e y s ta rte d 4 . to w e r ( C P U )
5 . m o n it o r
to o f f e r s c h o o l a n d c o lle g e 6. m ouse
s tu d e n ts th e ir p r o f e s s io n a l 7. pad
s e r v ic e s . A t th e s a m e tim e o th e r 8. scanner
c u s to m e r s f r o m th e c o m m u n ity 9 . p r in t e r
1 0 . k e y b o a rd
a s k e d f o r th e ir a d v ic e s 11. speaker
D o n a ld a n d R ic k y w r ite e s s a y s , 1 2 . in p u t ( I )
te r m - p a p e r s , n e w s le tte r s , 1 3 . o u tp u t ( O )
1 4 . d e v ic e
m o n o g r a p h s . T h e y a ls o d e s ig n 1 5 . c o m p a c t d is k ( C D )
p o s te r s , f ly e r s , p e r s o n a l c a r d s 1 6 . d is k e t t e ( f lo p p y )
a n d m a n y o th e r p r o je c ts T h e y 17. h a r d d is k ( d r iv e r )
a ls o k n o w th a t s tu d e n ts d e m a n d 18. w i r e ( t a i l)
a lo t o f I n te r n e t r e s e a r c h . O f 19. e a rp h o n e
c o u r s e R ic k y a n d D o n a ld h a v e 20. user
21. jo y s t i c k
th e tim e a n d e x p e r ie n c e f o r th is 22. com ponent
ty p e o f a s s is ta n c e . A t th e s a m e 23. (a c c e s s o ry )
tim e th e ir p r ic e s a r e a c c e s s ib le . 24. m odem
D o n a ld a n d R ic k y f e e l th a t th is 25. la p t o p ( n o t e p a d )
is a n ic e a n d p r o f ita b le b u s in e s s .
T h e y r e a lly f u lf ille d th e ir
e x p e c ta tio n s .

Prepared by Jaime Rodridiguez

Controlled Reading. Questions and Answers. A BUSINESS PROJECT

Instructions. First read the paragraph, then answer the questions before moving to
the next paragraph. Give complete answer. Work with a partner.
Donald and Ricky have a small studio at
( Read ) home. They started a home business.
These two partners invested their money
in four computer sets.
Do Donald and Ricky have a small studio
at home?
Did they start a home business? ( Give full answers )
Did they invest money in this project?
Did they buy three computer sets?
They started to offer school and college
( Read ) students their professional services. At
the same time other customers from the
community asked for their advices.
Did Donald and Ricky offer students their
services?
Were their clients students from schools ( Give full answers )
and colleges?
Were students the only customers?
Donald and Ricky write essays, term-
( Read ) papers, newsletters, monographs. They
also design posters, flyers, personal
cards and many other projects
Do Donald and Ricky write essays?
Do they design posters too ? ( Give full answers )
Do you design posters in the computer?
They also know that students demand a
lot of Internet research. Of course Ricky
( Read ) and Donald have the time and
experience for this type of assistance. At
the same time their prices are accessible.
Do students demand a lot of internet
research?
Do you do internet researches? ( Give full answers )
Do you have experience surfing the
internet?
Donald and Ricky feel that this is a nice
( Read ) and profitable business. They really
fulfilled their expectations.
Are Intent Cafes profitable businesses?
Do you like to go to Internet Cafes? ( Give full answers )

Remember. Identify the action-word in the sentence and the tense. (Yes/No Questions)
Simple Present DO / DOES + Subject + VERB (simple) + complement ?
Simple Past DID + Subject + VERB (simple) + complement ?
To BE (am, is, are, was, were) + Subject + Complement ?