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