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