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