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