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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
Examples of keyboard symbols and their uses:
KEYBOARD KEY USES/FUNCTION
SYMBOLS
Exclamation Used at the end of emphatic declaration, interjection
1. ! mark or command.
Quote Used in pair when quoting someone’s statement.
2. “ At This is used in an E- mail address to separate the user
3. @ name from domain name Eg. Gyamfiadjei22@yahoo.com
Apostrophe Used to show where a letter or letters are left out ( ‘ missing)
Ampersand Is used to represent “ and”
4. & Slash Is used to represent the word “ or “ Eg. Pass/ fail true/
5. / false
Comma Used to separate the elements in a series including
6. , the last two.
Colon It is used to inform the reader that what follows
7. : proves, clarifies, explains or simply enumerates of
9. ? Used at the end of a question.
10. % Used to indicate percentage.

TYPE A SHORT PASSAGE (TEXT) USING KEYBOARD SYMBOLS.
Ask pupils to type the text below.
“It’s been two years since Adjei wrote his first degree examination.
Oh! How time flies so quickly. During his school days, he had been an average student- no
wonder he scored more than 70% in his first term exams. His father once asked, “can’t you do
better than that?” even though his mother had always seemed to support his father’s stance,
she knew very well that in the final examination, he will pull a surprise. What a mother! Always
optimistic; never doubting.
But now her son is a big boy, and desires that he will look for job and become responsible for
himself. (She had always complained about Adjei’s laziness). Someday, she had hoped, he will
learn to do hard work and fend for himself. At super one fateful Tuesday, his father announced
that he had made arrangements for Isaac to be employed at his workplace. Isaac however will
have to put in an appearance at 10:00 a.m. for an interview before a panel.
The night passed so quickly for Ajei as he looked forward to a beautiful day with the prospect
of finding a job. The clock on his table sounded its alarm at exactly 6:00 a.m. he knew it was
time for him to drag himself out of bed to start the day with his morning devotion as well as
carry out his morning house chores.
Adjei put on his formal attire and ran to get his car out of the garage. It was 9:30 and he hoped
that there wouldn’t be any traffic on the road. He turned on the ignition and pressed the
accelerator and off he was! The interview went nicely and they told him he could join work in 2
weeks. Adjei had never been happier, he had got his dream job and salary, now the only thing
lurking in his mind was how he could improve his keyboard skills and master all the shortcut
symbols. He went home, called his mother up with the good news and then got himself a cup of
coffee and some cookies and placed the laptop on the table, ready to begin his computer
keyboard lessons!”

QUESTIONS

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