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