The Keyboard
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. shift
A. Address to an absent or imaginary person
2. apostrophe
B. The typewriter key used for back spacing
3. space bar
C. The ___-shaped typewriter key that introduces ___ when used
4. escape
D. A written message addressed to a person or organization (plural)
5. question mark
E. A punctuation mark used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure
6. backspace
F. A punctuation mark used after an ___
7. slash
G. Where you live
8. enter
H. The act of ___ physically
9. tab
I. A punctuation ___ placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a ___
10. arrows
J. An arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated
11. alt
K. Power to direct or determine
12. plus
L. The bill in a restaurant
13. control
M. An event in which something is displaced without rotation
14. letters
N. A useful or valuable quality
15. minus
O. A mark to indicate a direction or relation (plural)
16. insert
P. A folded section placed between the leaves of another publication
17. home
Q. Angular distance above the horizon
18. exclamation point
R. To become a participant
19. delete
S. A wound made by cutting
20. period
T. To wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
21. comma
U. An amount of time