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