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Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics

Computer lesson 5: Mouse basics · Set 467 · 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 mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the wheel (c) the left button
  2. 2.True or false: to two fast left presses is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left twice quickly (b) a single left press (c) turn the wheel (d) click two times fast
  4. 4.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) scrolling (c) printing (d) charging
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) spin the middle wheel (d) tap the left button
  6. 6.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) upside down (c) gently, palm on top (d) by its wire
  7. 7.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the little finger (d) the ring finger
  8. 8.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
  9. 9.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) click
  10. 10.True or false: to one press on the right is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to a single left press is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
  14. 14.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) let go (c) pressed down (d) switched off
  15. 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
  16. 16.True or false: to move while holding down is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.How do we do a drag? (a) move while holding down (b) press left button once (c) click two times fast (d) turn the wheel
  19. 19.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) chair (b) pillow (c) plate (d) mouse pad
  21. 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
  22. 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
  23. 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) drag
  24. 24.How do we do a right-click? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) press left twice quickly (d) one press on the right
  25. 25.True or false: to one press on the right is a drag. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
  27. 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) scroll (b) drag (c) double-click (d) click
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left twice quickly
  29. 29.How do we do a click? (a) press, hold and slide (b) a single left press (c) two fast left presses (d) move while holding down
  30. 30.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) drag
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
  33. 33.True or false: to turn the wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
  36. 36.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the left button (b) press left button once (c) click two times fast (d) spin the middle wheel
  37. 37.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.How do we do a right-click? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) tap the right button (d) press left twice quickly
  39. 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
  40. 40.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) move while holding down (c) press left twice quickly (d) roll the middle wheel

Answer key

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

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