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Exercise 1

1. radar
2. antibiotics
3. communications satellite

Exercise 2

1. washing machine
2. television
3. mobile phone
4. credit card
5. refrigerator

Exercise 3

1. the first video on Youtube: 2005
2. the first email: 1971
3. the first iPod: 2001
4. the first desktop computer with a keyboard and a mouse: 1984
5. the first website: 1991
6. the first search engine: 1990
7. the first social networking site: 1995
8. the first tweet: 2006

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Exercise 4

1. Lots of people still watch the first Youtube video called "Me at the zoo". T
2. Ray Tomlinson used the @ symbol to separate the username from the name of the Internet server in an email address. T
3. You can only download music from the iTunes store. F
4. Using a mouse to click on an icon and open a document was a very new idea in 1984. T
5. You could visit a website before August 1991. F
6. Thanks to Archie, you could go online to find information. T
7. Classmates is the most popular social networking site in the world. F
8. A tweet is a text message to everybody who follows you on Twitter. T

Exercise 5

1. broadband
2. desktop computer
3. Internet server
4. keyboard
5. laptop
6. password
7. search engine
8. social networking
9. text message
10. username
11. website

Exercise 6

1. How many text messages do you send in a day?
I send about 50 text messages in a day.
2. Do you always use the same username and password online?
Yes, I do.
3. Have you got a desktop computer or a laptop?
Yes, I do. I've got a laptop.
4. Which is the most popular search engine in your country?
Google is the most popular search engine in my country.
5. How often do you update your profile on a social networking site?
I update my profile once a month.
6. Have you got a reliable Internet server and fast broadband speeds?
Yes, I have.

Exercise 7

1. click on an icon
2. download music
3. follow somebody on Twitter
4. go online
5. open a document
6. visit a website

Exercise 8

1. The first thing I do when i go online is text someone.
2. The last document I opened was Open Office.
3. The icon I click on most often is Instagram.
4. The person I'd like to follow on Twitter is Ariana Grande.
5. The website I visit the most is Google Translate.
6. The last music I downloaded was Under Pressure.

Exercise 9

1. switch on the computer
2. click on the Skype icon
3. scroll down the page
4. scroll up the page
5. hang up

Exercise 10

1. click on
2. hang up
3. log on
4. scroll up
5. scroll down
6. switch on

Exercise 11

1. Copy and the paste the photo on the email.
2. Log on to iTunes. Search the album you want to download and click on the icon that says "Download".
3. Log on to Facebook. Search the name of your friend.