Using a keyboard and mouse

Letters, the space bar, shift for capitals, mouse click, drag and scroll

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What does the SPACE BAR do? A) Makes a gap between words B) Deletes letters C) Makes the screen go black D) Turns off the computer
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What do you press to type a CAPITAL letter? A) Space B) Shift and the letter C) Enter only D) Just the letter
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True or false? A mouse is used to move a pointer on the screen. A) True B) False
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Fill in the blank: The buttons on a keyboard are called ___.
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Match each mouse action to what it does. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: Click, Drag, Scroll, Double click Right: Pick something, Hold the button and move the mouse, Spin the wheel in the middle, Click twice quickly
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How do you move a picture across the screen with a mouse? A) Hold down the button and move the mouse (drag) B) Just look at it C) Turn off the computer D) Spin the wheel only
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True or false? Pressing letter keys without Shift makes capital letters. A) True B) False
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You want to type the word 'Dog' with a capital D. What do you do? A) Hold Shift and press D, then type o and g B) Press D three times C) Press Space then D D) Press Enter then D
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Put these in the right order: how to drag a picture across the screen. Put these in order: Let go of the mouse button, Move the mouse to the new place, Click and hold on the picture
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Using a keyboard and mouse · for parents and teachers

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Makes a gap between words
The space bar puts a gap between words when you type.
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Shift and the letter
Hold the Shift key and press the letter to make it a capital.
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True
True. Moving the mouse moves the pointer (also called a cursor) on the screen.
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keys
The buttons on a keyboard are called keys.
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Click → Pick something; Drag → Hold the button and move the mouse; Scroll → Spin the wheel in the middle; Double click → Click twice quickly
Click picks something, drag moves things, scroll goes up and down, double click opens things.
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Hold down the button and move the mouse (drag)
To move something, you click and hold the mouse button, then move the mouse. This is called dragging.
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False
False. Pressing letter keys on their own makes small (lower-case) letters. Shift makes capitals.
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Hold Shift and press D, then type o and g
Hold Shift and press D to get the capital D. Then type 'o' and 'g' normally.
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Click and hold on the picture, Move the mouse to the new place, Let go of the mouse button
Click and hold, move the mouse to the new spot, then let go.