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