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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 235 · 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.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) drag (b) click (c) double-click (d) scroll
  2. 2.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) two fast left presses (c) click two times fast (d) roll the middle wheel
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
  6. 6.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) charging (b) printing (c) typing (d) scrolling
  7. 7.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the index finger (d) the thumb
  8. 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
  9. 9.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) double-click
  10. 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) scroll (b) click (c) drag (d) right-click
  11. 11.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) upside down (c) by its wire (d) with both hands
  13. 13.How do we do a double-click? (a) one press on the right (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press left twice quickly (d) hold the button and move
  14. 14.How do we do a click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) press left button once (d) hold the button and move
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
  16. 16.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  17. 17.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  18. 18.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) spin the middle wheel (d) click two times fast
  21. 21.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) press, hold and slide (c) a single left press (d) turn the wheel
  22. 22.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) pressed down (b) unplugged (c) switched off (d) let go
  23. 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) click (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) scroll
  24. 24.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) one press on the right (c) press, hold and slide (d) press the right button
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
  26. 26.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
  28. 28.How do we do a double-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) turn the wheel (c) press the right button (d) tap the right button
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) move while holding down (c) press the right button (d) press, hold and slide
  30. 30.True or false: to turn the wheel is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the left button (b) one press on the right (c) turn the wheel (d) press, hold and slide
  32. 32.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the little finger (d) the ring finger
  34. 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
  35. 35.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) click
  37. 37.How do we do a drag? (a) press left button once (b) move while holding down (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left twice quickly
  38. 38.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to click two times fast is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. drag
  2. False
  3. 2
  4. roll the middle wheel
  5. tap the right button
  6. scrolling
  7. the index finger
  8. scroll
  9. double-click
  10. right-click
  11. True
  12. gently, palm on top
  13. press left twice quickly
  14. press left button once
  15. press left twice quickly
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. False
  19. drag
  20. spin the middle wheel
  21. turn the wheel
  22. pressed down
  23. double-click
  24. roll the middle wheel
  25. tap the left button
  26. click
  27. right-click
  28. two fast left presses
  29. press the right button
  30. False
  31. one press on the right
  32. True
  33. the middle finger
  34. drag
  35. False
  36. click
  37. move while holding down
  38. True
  39. False
  40. True

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