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