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