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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

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

Answer key

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

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