# Python says hello
**Python** is a popular language because it reads almost like English.
```python
print("Hello, WonderLearn!")
```
`print` is a function. The words in quotes are a **string** — text.
## Try more
```python
print(2 + 3)
print("I am", 11, "years old")
```
## Comments
```python
# This line is for humans. Python ignores it.
print("Still works")
```
## Run it
Use a school lab install, or an online Python playground your teacher allows. Never paste secret passwords into random websites.
> Your first program does not need to be a game. Hello is a victory.
## Output is the first superpower
Until a program can *show* something, you cannot tell if it works. `print` is how beginners peek.
### Three Hello-Worlds (same idea)
- Python: `print("Hello")`
- Scratch: `say Hello`
- Web: a page that contains the word Hello
### Quotes vs numbers
```
print("2 + 3") # shows 2 + 3
print(2 + 3) # shows 5
```
Quotes = treat this as text.
No quotes around numbers = do the maths, then show the result.
You will use that difference on the next lesson (variables) and in every program after.
Can four words make a computer speak?
By the end of this lesson
Read print("Hello") as output, predict what a two-line print program shows, and spot a missing quote or bracket.
Remember
- print(...) sends output to the screen.
- Text needs quotes: print("Hello").
- Each print usually makes a new line.
- Python is picky about spelling, quotes and brackets. That pickiness is a gift — it catches slips.
- Hello World is the first output in almost every language. The idea is output, not the words Hello World.
Worked examples
Cover the answer. Try the steps on paper, then open them.
Example 1 — One line
print("Hello, WonderLearn")
- Python looks at print
- Sends the text inside quotes to the screen
- Screen shows: Hello, WonderLearn
Answer: Hello, WonderLearn
Check: Quotes are not printed (usually).
Example 2 — Two lines
print("Hi") print("there")
- First print → Hi
- Second print → there on the next line
Answer: Hi there
Check: Two instructions, two lines of output.
Example 3 — Broken quotes
print(Hello) without quotes.
- Python looks for a variable named Hello
- If there is no such variable, it errors
- Fix: print("Hello")
Answer: add quotes for text
Check: Text vs name.
Common mistakes
Slip Writing Print("Hi") with a capital P (in Python).
Fix Python names are case-sensitive. print is lowercase.
Copy the exact word.
Slip print "Hi" without brackets (Python 3).
Fix Python 3 needs print("Hi").
Brackets belong to the call.
Slip Thinking the program failed if it only prints and exits.
Fix A program that prints and ends did its job.
Output was the goal.
Try on paper first
Write the answer, then tap Reveal. These are not the quiz — they are warm-ups.
1. What does print do?
Answer: Shows output on the screen
2. Write a line that prints the word Cat.
Answer: print("Cat")
3. Why quotes around Cat?
Answer: So Python treats it as text, not a variable name
4. Does print("2 + 3") show 5 or the characters 2 + 3?
Answer: The characters 2 + 3 (it is text)
Touch practice
8 tap / typeTap or type. Use the hint if you need it. Retry any miss — the why is the lesson.
Optional picture lab
After practiceReal world
First “hello” in any language.
Connect
print is output.
⭐ Star quiz
9 questionsDo the worked examples and touch practice first. Then take the quiz without peeking.