Hardware and software: fill in the blanks: fill-in-the-blank worksheet for Grade 5, page 1 preview

Fill-in-the-blank worksheet · Computers & Digital Literacy

Hardware and software: fill in the blanks · Grade 5

Read 8 sentences about hardware and software and write the missing word in each, choosing from a word bank with a few extra words. Practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary.

Grade 5 · ages 10 to 11
Hard
10 to 15 minutes
1 page
Free

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The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line. Some words are not used.

Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
microphone · software · app · hardware · input · monitor output · processor · memory · storage
1 You can touch ____, but you cannot touch software.
2 Files stay in · even after the computer is turned off.
3 A printer is an · device because it gives information back out.
4 The set of instructions that tells hardware what to do is called ____.
5 The · can follow billions of instructions every second.
6 A keyboard is an · device because it sends information into the computer.
7 A computer's · holds what it is working on right now.
8 A · turns your voice into information a computer can use.

What your child practices

Your child practices reading for meaning and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Computing systems”: describe hardware, software, files and networks and troubleshoot simple problems.

Grades and ages: Grade 5, ages 10 to 11
Time: About 10 to 15 minutes
Subject: Computers & Digital Literacy
Level: Hard for Grade 5
Answer key: Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
Printing: 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
Updated: October 15, 2026

How to use it

Try the first question together so the format is clear. Then let your child work through the rest, showing their thinking on the page. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 5, best once the basics of the skill are secure.

An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.

Tip for grown-ups: Read each sentence aloud with a hum for the blank, then try each word bank word in it.

Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.