Vocabulary assignment for language 5

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VOCABULARY ASSIGNMENT #1 (Technology)

COLLOCATIONS. Match the concepts as they collocate with each other.

      1.  Browse                        _____   Technology
2.  Put in                             _____   Records
3. Bouncing                     _____   E-mails
4.      Forward                       _____   Messages
5.      Print out                      _____   TV’s
6.      Visit                            _____   Banking
7.      Download                    _____   Options
8.      Receive                        _____   Radio stations
9.      Uninstall                     _____   Channels
10.   Delete                          _____   Adverts
11.   Hold                            _____   Documents
12.   Burn                            _____   Threads
13.   Flat-screen                   _____   One’s work
14.   Enter                           _____   Worms
15.   Harnessing                   ____     The web
16.   Swipe                          _____   Passwords
17.   Go to                           _____  Internet
18.   Go onto                       _____   Windows
19.   Go into                                    _____   Links
20.   Pop-up                         _____   Webcams
21.   Plug in                        _____   Files
22.   Fade in                        _____   Spoofing
23.   Back up                       _____   Sites
24.   Attach                         _____   Spam
25.   Pick up                        _____   Software
26.   Tune into                    _____   apps
27.   Run                             _____   An address
28.   Post                             _____   CD’s
29.   Social                          _____   Hotspots
30.   USB                            _____   Add-ons
31.   Online                         _____   Chat rooms
32.   Wireless                       _____   Network s
33.   Switch                         _____   Codecs
34.   Malicious                     _____   Connection
35.   Disable                        _____   Flashdrivers
36.   Hit                              _____   Ringtones
37.   Computer                    _____   PIN’s
38.   E-mail                         _____   Photos
39.   Submit                        _____   Cards
40.   Refresh                        _____   Folders

NEOLOGISMS. Write meaningful sentences with this new vocabulary asset making sure it is not sensible.

1.      to text back:  _________________________________________________________________________

2.      nettie:

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3.      mashup:

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4.      to phish:

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5.      phreaker:

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6.      spyware:

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7.      adware:

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8.      cybrarian:

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9.      geocaching:

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10.   hacktivism:

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11.   m-learning:

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12.   webinar:

13.   e-learning:

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14.   to facebook:

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15.   to wiki:

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16.   to spotify:

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17.   stub:

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18.   to skype:

________________________________________________________________________________

19.   to youtube:

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20.   to tweet:

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21.   to photoshop:

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22.   to google:

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23.   to xerox:

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24.   techie:

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25.   faxable:

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WRITING. Single out a word build-up and write a 350-word composition. Select at the same time the kind of composition you are to develop starting with the provided sentence statement.

a.      ARTICLE: “Technology has changed people’s lives …”

b.      SHORT STORY: “Once I opened up my present I was aghast to discover that it was my brand-new laptop I had longed for…”

c.      LETTER OF COMPLAINT: “I am writing to you to express my dissatisfaction with the products I purchased in your company, that is a pager and handheld…”

NB. The placement of the lexicon must be within a technological context.

1.

 

eminence, advent, to prognosticate,

the sword of Damocles, milestone

plethora, rudimentary, nascent, vogue,

to impend, to teem, cutting-edge, ergonomics

coeval,  forthcoming, groundbreaking,

flip-flop disk, lightweight, smart ID card,

different strokes for different folks

2.

 

if you have made your bed now lie in it,

seize up, low-end, to customize, bandwidth

 to toggle, gizmo, update, default, to charge up,

analogue, SATNAV, adroit, PDA, wire up,

spam, thumbnail, e-commerce, to cater for,

to answer for

3.

 

since the year dot, computer nerd,

to expire,  pernicious, malware, forum,

state-of-the-art, voraciously, surf,

shut down, widget, a pig in a poke, to crash,

bug, trackpad, to see better days, to key in,

to play up, to hack into, mouse potato