National Qualifications Online - Core skills

Web addresses activity (2)

This is an activity to try on your computer

  1. Now try entering one of the following web addresses into the address box and press the Return key.

    Note: Sometimes a request for a page is not granted. In this case, just move on to the next address.

    • www.bbc.co.uk/learning
    • www.telegraph.co.uk
    • www.theherald.co.uk
    • www.whitehouse.gov
    • www.robbiewilliams.com
    • www.imdb.com
    • www.number-10.gov.uk
  2. Try each address in turn.

  3. Click on the printer icon in the tool bar of the browser to print out any page that interests you.

  4. Write down the address of any page of special interest so that you can return to it directly.

You can use the above method if you know the web address of the page or site you are looking for. If you don't know, you need to use a search engine.