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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 387 · 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 finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the little finger (d) the ring finger
  2. 2.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) click (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) scroll
  3. 3.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) charging (b) scrolling (c) typing (d) printing
  4. 4.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  5. 5.How do we do a click? (a) tap the left button (b) one press on the right (c) turn the wheel (d) hold the button and move
  6. 6.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) chair (c) mouse pad (d) pillow
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) two fast left presses (c) roll the middle wheel (d) click two times fast
  8. 8.How do we do a click? (a) one press on the right (b) two fast left presses (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left button once
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) a single left press (d) spin the middle wheel
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) two fast left presses (c) press left twice quickly (d) click two times fast
  12. 12.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) right-click
  13. 13.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) right-click (b) click (c) double-click (d) scroll
  15. 15.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) move while holding down (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
  16. 16.How do we do a scroll? (a) two fast left presses (b) press, hold and slide (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
  17. 17.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
  18. 18.How do we do a double-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) tap the left button (d) two fast left presses
  19. 19.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) upside down (c) with both hands (d) gently, palm on top
  20. 20.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  21. 21.How do we do a drag? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) two fast left presses
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
  23. 23.True or false: to hold the button and move is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) right-click
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) drag
  26. 26.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) let go (c) unplugged (d) pressed down
  27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press the right button
  28. 28.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  30. 30.How do we do a drag? (a) click two times fast (b) tap the left button (c) two fast left presses (d) press, hold and slide
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) press left button once
  32. 32.How do we do a click? (a) a single left press (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press the right button (d) click two times fast
  33. 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press, hold and slide (c) turn the wheel (d) move while holding down
  35. 35.True or false: to one press on the right is a click. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the wheel (c) the left button
  37. 37.How do we do a scroll? (a) press the right button (b) press left twice quickly (c) a single left press (d) turn the wheel
  38. 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) tap the right button (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press, hold and slide (c) move while holding down (d) press left twice quickly

Answer key

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

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