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