Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 14 - My computer hates me for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Think of six more problems you could have with some of the things from Exercise 1.

Answer

  • The cable has broken / been eaten by my dog!
  • The scanner only scans part of the page. / I can’t find the document that has been scanned.
  • The fuse has blown in the plug. / The plug is loose.
  • The printer prints, but the printout just has strange symbols / everything is blurry / the printing is very faint / pale.
  • I can’t select things in the menu. / I can’t find the things I need in the menu.
  • I lost my external hard drive. / It’s been infected by a virus. / It’s been wiped.
  • The cursor won’t move / is stuck.