Class 1 Computer Worksheet: Mouse Basics
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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press left button once (c) tap the left button (d) a single left press
- 2.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) pillow (b) plate (c) mouse pad (d) chair
- 3.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press, hold and slide (d) spin the middle wheel
- 4.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) one press on the right (c) click two times fast (d) turn the wheel
- 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 6.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the middle finger (b) the ring finger (c) the little finger (d) the thumb
- 7.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) scrolling (c) typing (d) charging
- 8.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 9.True or false: to turn the wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) roll the middle wheel
- 11.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) let go (b) switched off (c) unplugged (d) pressed down
- 13.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 14.True or false: to tap the left button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 15.How do we do a click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) tap the left button
- 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) right-click
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) tap the left button (c) click two times fast (d) press left button once
- 18.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) click
- 19.True or false: to two fast left presses is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 20.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) turn the wheel (c) a single left press (d) press, hold and slide
- 21.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
- 22.How do we do a double-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) tap the right button
- 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
- 24.How do we do a right-click? (a) a single left press (b) tap the right button (c) press left twice quickly (d) two fast left presses
- 25.True or false: to tap the right button is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 27.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the left button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) click two times fast (d) tap the right button
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) one press on the right (c) move while holding down (d) hold the button and move
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) spin the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
- 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) scroll (b) right-click (c) click (d) double-click
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) turn the wheel (d) two fast left presses
- 32.True or false: to press the right button is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) roll the middle wheel
- 34.True or false: to press left button once is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) double-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) right-click
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
- 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) roll the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) spin the middle wheel
- 39.True or false: to hold the button and move is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
Answer key
- spin the middle wheel
- mouse pad
- press left button once
- one press on the right
- drag
- the middle finger
- scrolling
- 2
- False
- hold the button and move
- True
- pressed down
- 1
- False
- tap the left button
- right-click
- click two times fast
- drag
- False
- a single left press
- 2
- two fast left presses
- double-click
- tap the right button
- False
- True
- click two times fast
- one press on the right
- press left twice quickly
- click
- turn the wheel
- False
- roll the middle wheel
- False
- scroll
- press left button once
- double-click
- move while holding down
- False
- the left button
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