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