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