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