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