APIEReading: Keyboards and the Computer Mouse
Computers and keyboards
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Keyboards and the First Mouse ⌨️🖱️
A short text about keyboards and the first mouse.
💡 How to use this lesson
Read the text together with students and check their understanding in 8 minutes. The lesson shows the right answer and a short explanation after each check.
Read the short text about keyboards and the mouse first. Then answer the 8 questions to check what you learned.
Keyboards and the First Mouse
🔊 Read aloudDo you know why keyboards are called QWERTY? Look at the first six letters in the top row. That is the name! The first QWERTY typewriter went on sale in the USA in 1874. It could write only capital letters. Later, the first computer mouse was shown to the public on 9 December 1968. It had a wooden shell!
📚 Word Helper (Vocabulary)
The first six letters on the top row of a keyboard.
An old machine used to print letters on paper.
Big letters like A, B, and C.
An outside cover made of wood.
✏️ Practice Questions (8 Items)
Answer each question based on the text above.
The name QWERTY comes from six letters on the keyboard.
The first QWERTY typewriter could write small letters.
When did the first QWERTY typewriter go on sale in the USA?
What was the first computer mouse made of on the outside?
On what day was the first computer mouse shown to the public?
QWERTY keyboards get their name from the first six letters in the ____ row.
The first QWERTY typewriter went on sale in the ____ in 1874.
The first computer mouse had a wooden ____.
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