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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 46 · 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.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) turn the wheel (c) press the right button (d) tap the left button
  2. 2.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) click (c) right-click (d) double-click
  4. 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) right-click
  5. 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
  6. 6.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  7. 7.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) drag
  8. 8.How do we do a drag? (a) one press on the right (b) press left button once (c) a single left press (d) press, hold and slide
  9. 9.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  10. 10.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the little finger (d) the ring finger
  11. 11.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) typing (c) printing (d) charging
  12. 12.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the index finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
  13. 13.How do we do a right-click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) press left twice quickly (c) hold the button and move (d) press the right button
  14. 14.How do we do a click? (a) a single left press (b) click two times fast (c) two fast left presses (d) tap the right button
  15. 15.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) pillow (b) plate (c) chair (d) mouse pad
  16. 16.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.How do we do a double-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) press left twice quickly (c) move while holding down (d) one press on the right
  18. 18.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) by its wire (c) gently, palm on top (d) with both hands
  19. 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
  20. 20.True or false: to tap the right button is a click. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) spin the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
  22. 22.How do we do a double-click? (a) one press on the right (b) press, hold and slide (c) click two times fast (d) roll the middle wheel
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) hold the button and move (d) roll the middle wheel
  24. 24.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) scroll (d) click
  26. 26.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) right-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
  27. 27.True or false: to a single left press is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  29. 29.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) pressed down (c) let go (d) unplugged
  30. 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) double-click (d) scroll
  31. 31.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
  32. 32.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) hold the button and move (d) press left button once
  34. 34.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.How do we do a right-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the right button (c) click two times fast (d) roll the middle wheel
  38. 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) hold the button and move (c) move while holding down (d) press, hold and slide
  40. 40.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?

Answer key

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

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