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Sprites and Backdrops

script area programme screen
sprite backdrop

Let’s Learn

The main parts of Scratch.

1 This section is where your
script is. It’s called the
script area. 2
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2 Here are the different script

categories we can choose
from.

3 This is the programme screen.
This is where we see how our

programme will look like.
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4 This is the ‘Choose a Sprite’
button. We use it to add

sprites.

5 There is already a sprite added
when you start Scratch. You
can remove it if you like.
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Let’s Practise

Choosing a sprite.
A sprite is an image on a Scratch computer programme screen. Every Scratch programme
is made up of sprites and each sprite has a script (a set of instructions) which controls it.

1 Open Scratch by double-clicking on the ‘Scratch’ shortcut.

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