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