EXERCISE 4 Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones with the right information and discuss your answers with a partner

1 .A programming language is a special program that helps the computer to facilitate the communication with peripheral devices.

2 .Human languages have something in common with programming languages: they have the same rules to determine structure and meaning.

3. Many years ago, at the dawn of computer era, there appeared programming languages which are widely used today.

4. Sometimes programming languages are used to program another machine.

5. The programming languages are classified into different grades according to the theory of computation.

6. Markup languages like HTML or formal grammars like BNF are usually considered programming languages.

7. Programming languages unlike any type of human expression require much precision and completeness.

8. There is an opinion that modern computers are so much sophisticated and they can understand the code the programmer “intended” to write. Do you agree?
EXERCISE5

Language work. Try to guess the meaning of the following words from the text. The words in the text are given in italics.