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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 103 · 40 questions
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Remember (Count the presses): Click = press the left button once; double-click = press it twice quickly. Right-click = press the right button; drag = hold the button down and move the mouse. Scroll = roll the middle wheel. Index finger on the left button, middle finger on the right button.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press, hold and slide (c) move while holding down (d) press the right button
  2. 2.How do we do a click? (a) turn the wheel (b) press the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) tap the left button
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) click
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) tap the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) press the right button
  5. 5.True or false: to tap the right button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) pillow (b) plate (c) chair (d) mouse pad
  7. 7.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left button once (b) hold the button and move (c) move while holding down (d) two fast left presses
  8. 8.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) a single left press (d) press, hold and slide
  10. 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  11. 11.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.How do we do a scroll? (a) press the right button (b) press left twice quickly (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  13. 13.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.How do we do a right-click? (a) move while holding down (b) turn the wheel (c) a single left press (d) press the right button
  15. 15.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the little finger (c) the thumb (d) the ring finger
  17. 17.True or false: to tap the right button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) double-click
  20. 20.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) drag (b) click (c) double-click (d) right-click
  21. 21.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) drag
  23. 23.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  25. 25.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) switched off (c) pressed down (d) let go
  26. 26.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) click
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) right-click (d) double-click
  28. 28.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) printing (c) typing (d) charging
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) two fast left presses (c) move while holding down (d) hold the button and move
  32. 32.True or false: to a single left press is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) roll the middle wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) press, hold and slide
  34. 34.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) click
  36. 36.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
  37. 37.How do we do a click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) press left twice quickly
  38. 38.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.How do we do a right-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) turn the wheel (c) tap the left button (d) one press on the right
  40. 40.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a right-click. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. press the right button
  2. tap the left button
  3. click
  4. press, hold and slide
  5. False
  6. mouse pad
  7. two fast left presses
  8. True
  9. a single left press
  10. scroll
  11. True
  12. roll the middle wheel
  13. True
  14. press the right button
  15. False
  16. the index finger
  17. False
  18. the middle finger
  19. right-click
  20. drag
  21. True
  22. click
  23. True
  24. 2
  25. pressed down
  26. scroll
  27. drag
  28. True
  29. scrolling
  30. scroll
  31. two fast left presses
  32. False
  33. roll the middle wheel
  34. False
  35. click
  36. the left button
  37. press left button once
  38. True
  39. one press on the right
  40. False

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