Read a Short Passage about Computers in English

Before reading paragraph

Think of computers for a minute.

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Scan the passage for key words like dates, names, etc.

Find the meaning of the words you don’t know to make paragraph easy to read.

After you read a short passage about computers in English then you can answer the questions.

Now let’s read the passage below:

Computers

Read a short passage about computers in English

First of all, computers are devices. They are very accurate and can do jobs very quickly if compared with humans.

Computers used to be very big and heavy in the old days. They also took up a lot of space.

Computer scientists have developed small computer chips to make computers smaller and thinner. They made memories with larger capacity and storage.

Further, people can do many tasks in a very short time. They can use it personally and professionally. For example, we can use computers at work and at home.

Finally, new computers are small, compact, mobile and very light. For example, tablets, iPads and smart phones. People are afraid that the computers will replace people in the future.

After you read a short passage about computers in English now you can answer the questions below:

1. What are Computers?

2. Do you think computers will replace humans in the future?

3. Describe modern computers?

4. Compare old computers with new computers?

5. Give some examples of new computers?

6. Underline the word they in the text “read a short passage about computers in English”

7. What does they in refers in the text?

8. In your opinion what do think of robots and computers?

9. What are the advantages of computers?

10. Do you like computers? Why?