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