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Grade 6 Computer Science — Reading HTML tags

Read a line of HTML: find the opening and closing tags of an element, and say what a browser will show.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Here is a line of HTML: "<p>Hello</p>". Every element has an opening tag and a closing tag. Write the closing tag from that line.

  2. 2.An element opens with the tag "<h1>". Write the tag that closes it.

  3. 3.An element opens with the tag "<b>". Write the tag that closes it.

  4. 4.You write an opening <b> tag and forget its closing tag altogether. What is a browser most likely to do?

    • a) Refuse to show the page at all
    • b) Add the closing tag for you in your file
    • c) Keep applying that tag to everything after it
    • d) Show the missing tag as words on the page

  5. 5.Here is some HTML: "<ul><li>Tea</li><li>Milk</li><li>Sugar</li></ul>". How many items are in the list?

  6. 6.In the line "<h1>Welcome</h1>", which single word will a browser show as the heading?

  7. 7.Sort each tag by whether it opens an element or closes one.

    Groups: Opening tag · Closing tag

    • </h1>
    • <h1>
    • <p>
    • </p>
    • </li>
    • <li>

  8. 8.Which one of these lines is written correctly, with each element closed inside the one that holds it?

    • a) <b><i>Hi</b></i>
    • b) <i>Hi<b>
    • c) <b><i>Hi</i></b>
    • d) <b>Hi</i>

Answer key — Grade 6 Computer Science — Reading HTML tags

  1. 1. </p>
  2. 2. </h1>
  3. 3. </b>
  4. 4. c) Keep applying that tag to everything after it
  5. 5. 3
  6. 6. Welcome
  7. 7. <p> → Opening tag; </p> → Closing tag; <h1> → Opening tag; </h1> → Closing tag; <li> → Opening tag; </li> → Closing tag
  8. 8. c) <b><i>Hi</i></b>