advanced B, 6 B, PHONES AND TECHNOLOGY VOC

Match the following

• a set of buttons with numbers or letters used to operate any electronic device, e.g. a phone

• A screen

• is the flat surface of your phone, computer, or TV

• keypads

• the set of keys (digital or physical) for entering text on a phone, computer, or tablet.

• A touch screen

• allows you to give instructions by touching it rather than using a keypad, mouse,

• keyboard

Match the following

• are the stored names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. of people who you know

• Your contacts

• a secret word,or combination of letters + numbers, that you need to type into a computer or phone i

• your settings are

• a secret set of numbers (usually four or six digits, like a PIN) that you need to type into some

• a password

• choices you make on computer or other device to decide the way things look and work e.g brightness

• a passcode is

Match the following

• is a way of connecting to the internet using radio waves.

• Broadband is

• high-speed access to the internet

• wi-fi

• a recent change to a computer program that is sent to the user

• An update is

• a window that appears on the screen, especially one containing an advert, that you have

• a pop-up is

Match the following

• the quality of the connection in a particular place (e.g. The coverage isn't good in thi

• Coverage is

• the electrical waves that carry data to mobile phone or other device I can't get a good signal here

• to stream is

• to play video or sound files while they download (these are deleted after they're played

• signal is

• to get and store a file of data from the internet

• To download is

Match the following

• to move your finger quickly across the screen in order to give commands.

• to swipe is

• to move content on a screen up or down so that you can see different parts of it

• to top up (your phone) is

• to pay more money, so you can make calls or have more data.

• To scroll is

• to end a call

• To hang up is

Match the following

• to connect sb by phone to the person they want to speak to

• To switch off (a device) is

• to disconnect it from the power supply or from another device.

• to unplug (a device) is

• to turn it off

• to get through to sb is

• to manage to speak on the phone to the person you want to speak to.

• To put sb through is