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