Scratch ask and answer as input()

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. Which Python line matches the Scratch block: ask What is your name? and wait?

A name = input("What is your name? ")

B name = print("What is your name? ")

2. In Scratch, the answer reporter holds what the user typed. What does Python do instead?

A Stores the reply in a variable such as name

B Keeps the reply in a built-in word called answer

3. Where does the prompt text go in Python's input()?

A After the brackets: input() "Your name? "

B Inside the brackets, in quotes: input("Your name? ")

4. Which line stores the user's reply so it can be used later?

A age = input("How old are you? ")

B input("How old are you? ")

5. What happens when Python runs name = input("What is your name? ")?

A It saves the prompt text in name and carries on straight away

B It shows the prompt, waits for typing, then saves the reply in name

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1name = input("What is your name? ")		AThe prompt text is missing quote marks, so Python thinks it is code instead of text. It should be input("What is your name?").
2print("Hi " + name)		Bcolour = input("Favourite colour? ")
3The question that Scratch shows in ask and wait goes inside the brackets of input() as text in quotes		CThe reply is never stored in a variable, so name does not exist. It should start with name = input(...).
4The Scratch answer reporter is only available until the next question, so Python stores the reply in a named variable to use later		Dinput("How old are you? ")
5name = input(What is your name?)		EShows the question, waits for the user to type a reply, and stores it in the variable name
6input("What is your name? ") print("Hi " + name)		FUses the stored reply, like putting the Scratch answer reporter into a say block

Definitions

name = input("What is your name? ")

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

name = _____("What is your name? ")

name = input("What is your name? ") print("Hi", ____)

name _ input("What is your name? ")

name = input("What is your name? ") _____("Hello", name)

city = _____("Which city do you live in? ")

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A name = ask("Your name? ")

B print("Hello " + name)

C print("Nice to meet you!")

Question 2

A print("Welcome!")

B colour = input(Colour?)

C print("I like " + colour)

Question 3

A name = input("Name? ")

B age = input("Age? ")

C print(name, "is", Age)

Question 4

A print("Hi!")

B pet = input("Your pet? ")

C print("Cute " + "pet")

Question 5

A print("Say hi")

B answer == input("Reply? ")

C print("You said " + answer)

Answer Key

Scratch ask and answer as input()

Section A: Quick Questions

A — name = input("What is your name? ")

A — Stores the reply in a variable such as name

B — Inside the brackets, in quotes: input("Your name? ")

A — age = input("How old are you? ")

B — It shows the prompt, waits for typing, then saves the reply in name

Section B: Match the Pairs

name = input("What is your name? ") → Shows the question, waits for the user to type a reply, and stores it in the variable name

print("Hi " + name) → Uses the stored reply, like putting the Scratch answer reporter into a say block

The question that Scratch shows in ask and wait goes inside the brackets of input() as text in quotes → input("How old are you? ")

The Scratch answer reporter is only available until the next question, so Python stores the reply in a named variable to use later → colour = input("Favourite colour? ")

name = input(What is your name?) → The prompt text is missing quote marks, so Python thinks it is code instead of text. It should be input("What is your name?").

input("What is your name? ") print("Hi " + name) → The reply is never stored in a variable, so name does not exist. It should start with name = input(...).

Section C: Definitions

name = input("What is your name? ") — Like Scratch ask and wait: input() shows the prompt, waits for a reply, and the answer is stored in a variable (name), just like the answer reporter.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

name = input("What is your name? ")

name = input("What is your name? ")
print("Hi", name)

name = input("What is your name? ")

name = input("What is your name? ")
print("Hello", name)

city = input("Which city do you live in? ")

Section E: Spot the Error

A — Python has no ask() function. The Scratch ask and wait block is written as input(), so the line should be name = input("Your name? ").

B — The prompt text inside input() is a string, so it needs quotes. It should be colour = input("Colour? ").

C — Variable names are case-sensitive. The answer was stored in age, not Age, so Python would give a NameError. It should be print(name, "is", age).

C — Putting quotes around pet makes it plain text, so it prints the word pet instead of the answer. Use the variable: print("Cute " + pet).

B — A double equals sign (==) compares two values. To store the reply in a variable, use a single equals sign: answer = input("Reply? ").