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.How do we do a drag? (a) a single left press (b) two fast left presses (c) roll the middle wheel (d) move while holding down
- 2.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 3.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) tap the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press the right button
- 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) hold the button and move (c) move while holding down (d) a single left press
- 6.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 7.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) one press on the right (c) two fast left presses (d) press left twice quickly
- 8.How do we do a scroll? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
- 9.How do we do a scroll? (a) a single left press (b) spin the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) hold the button and move
- 10.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) scrolling (c) typing (d) charging
- 11.How do we do a drag? (a) two fast left presses (b) a single left press (c) hold the button and move (d) tap the right button
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) two fast left presses (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
- 13.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 14.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) two fast left presses (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
- 15.True or false: to turn the wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 16.True or false: to tap the left button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 17.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) move while holding down (c) tap the left button (d) hold the button and move
- 18.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 19.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) turn the wheel (c) press, hold and slide (d) tap the left button
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) roll the middle wheel
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) hold the button and move (d) click two times fast
- 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
- 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
- 24.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) click (d) right-click
- 26.🖱️ How many buttons does a simple computer mouse have (not counting the wheel)?
- 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 28.True or false: to move while holding down is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 29.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
- 30.How do we do a right-click? (a) tap the right button (b) press left button once (c) roll the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) turn the wheel
- 32.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) double-click
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press the right button (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once
- 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) double-click (b) click (c) right-click (d) drag
- 35.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) plate (c) chair (d) pillow
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) press, hold and slide (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) spin the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
- 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
- 39.How do we do a click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) a single left press (d) spin the middle wheel
- 40.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) by its wire (c) upside down (d) gently, palm on top
Answer key
- move while holding down
- 1
- press left button once
- drag
- a single left press
- 2
- one press on the right
- turn the wheel
- spin the middle wheel
- scrolling
- hold the button and move
- two fast left presses
- False
- two fast left presses
- True
- False
- tap the left button
- False
- press left twice quickly
- roll the middle wheel
- hold the button and move
- drag
- click
- False
- double-click
- 2
- scroll
- False
- drag
- tap the right button
- turn the wheel
- scroll
- press the right button
- double-click
- mouse pad
- tap the right button
- press left twice quickly
- right-click
- a single left press
- gently, palm on top
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