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