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