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10. I’m still working on the computer. I……….with the computer yet.

IV. Read the following passage and put the verbs in the correct form, present

perfect or past simple.

Twenty years ago few people (1)……….(realize) that computers were

about to become part of our daily lives. This short period of time

(2)………(see) enormous changes, in business, education and

administration. Jobs which (3) ……….(take) weeks to complete in the

past, are now carried out in minutes. Clerks who (4) ………. (spend)

all day copying and checking calculations are now freed from these tedious tasks.

In

offices,

the

soft

hum

and

clicking

of

word

processors

(5)……….(replace) the clatter of typewriters. Schoolchildren

(6)……….(become) as familiar with hardware and software as their

parents (7)………(be) with pencils and exercise books. Computerisation of

public records (8) ……….(enable) government departments to

analyse the needs of citizens in detail. Some of us may wonder, however, whether

life (9) ……….(really/ improve) as a result of these changes. Many

jobs (10) ……….(disappear), for example, when intelligent machines

(11) ……….(take) over the work. Employers complain that clerical

staff (12) ……….(become) dependent on calculators and cannot do

simple arithmetic. There are fears that government (13) ……….(not/

do) enough to ensure that personal information held on computers is really kept

secret. Certainly, many people may now be wondering whether the spread of

computers (14) ……….(bring) us as many problems as it

(15) ……….(solve).

V. Use the words and phrases to make sentences in the present perfect passive.

Make any other necessary changes and additions.