Question Type 1: Basic Description Questions

Topic 18: Computers

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  How often do you use computers?
  
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  In what ways do people use computers in your country?
  
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  How did you learn to use a computer?
  
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  How much have computers changed your life?
  

Nouns

laptop worldwide web online shopping chat

room forum online gaming

Verbs

surf (the net) browse (website) sit in front of (the computer)

Adjectives

digital electronic virtual computer-literate

Idioms

technophobe (= someone who can’t use a computer)

I used to be a technophobe but now I am computer-literate.

call up (= find and read)

I can use the Internet to call up current news items.

conk out on (= break)

My old computer conked out on me.

do… by hand

Some tasks I prefer to do by hand, like writing letters.