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