What does desktop mean?
Word: Desktop
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Desktop means a computer that is made to stay on a table and not be carried around. It also means the main screen of a computer, where small pictures stand for files.
How do you spell desktop?
Syllables: desk - top
Tricky part: Three consonants come together in the middle, and the k is the one children most often drop.
Watch out for: destop, descktop
Memory tip: Tap the table once for the k you hear just before the t, so it never goes missing.
Desktop in a sentence
Example 1: Our school library has six desktops for pupils to use.
Example 2: Papa saved the photos in a folder on the desktop.
Example 3: The desktop in the study is too heavy to move.
Fun Fact
Some early computers were so big that a single one filled a whole room. Machines small enough to sit on a table came much later.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Choose the correctly spelt compound word:
a) desktopp
b) dessktop
c) deskttop
d) desktop
Show answer
d) desktop. Every letter in this word appears just once.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
d_skt_p
a) e, o
b) a, o
c) i, o
d) e, a
Show answer
a) e, o. Say desk and then top: each part has one short vowel, an e and then an o.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) keybord
b) desktop
c) computar
d) printor
Show answer
b) desktop. Keyboard has oa, computer ends in er, and printer ends in er too.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ktsodpe
a) desktop
b) deskpot
c) dekstop
d) destkop
Show answer
a) desktop. Start with d and e, and let the sounds of the word place the rest.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which room in a school is most likely to have rows of desktops?
a) the computer lab
b) the playground
c) the dining hall
d) the music room
Show answer
a) the computer lab
2. Asha sees small pictures on the desktop of her computer. What happens when she clicks one?
a) the computer turns off
b) the mouse stops working
c) the screen goes blank
d) a file or program opens
Show answer
d) a file or program opens
