What is the code for creating a space for the name and date for a child's worksheet?

Question

For example I want my worksheet to look like this:

Name: ____________
Date: ____________

                                   Vowels and Consonants 

Answer 1

Try a \rule, which is a pretty simple method to draw a horizontal line:

Name: \rule{0.25\linewidth}{\linethickness}
Date: \rule{0.25\linewidth}{\linethickness}

If you want to be more fancy with alignment (so the text of Name and Date is aligned at the colon and the lines are even) you can use the tabular environment:

\begin{tabular}{rl}
Name:  & \rule{0.25\linewidth}{\linethickness} \\ 
Date:  & \rule{0.25\linewidth}{\linethickness} \\ 
\end{tabular}

Here's a complete example document making what I'd consider a decent beginning to a worksheet:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}

\begin{document}


\noindent
\begin{tabular}{rl}
Name:   & \rule{0.35\linewidth}{\linethickness} \\ 
        & \\
Date:   & \rule{0.35\linewidth}{\linethickness} \\ 
\end{tabular} 

\vspace{3em}

\begin{center}
Vowels and Consonants 
\end{center}

\end{document}

Answer 2

A different approach, use \hrulefill to fill the rest of the line with a rule. You can also enclose both fields in a \parbox to control the width of the line, as in:

\parbox{6cm}{
Name: \hrulefill\par
Address: \hrulefill\par
}

This has the advantage of both rules ending at the same point, even if they have different lengths as in this example.