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