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.How do we do a drag? (a) hold the button and move (b) turn the wheel (c) spin the middle wheel (d) a single left press
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) tap the left button (c) press left twice quickly (d) two fast left presses
- 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
- 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we a single left press? (a) double-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 6.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) pressed down (c) let go (d) unplugged
- 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) drag
- 9.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left button once (c) move while holding down (d) press left twice quickly
- 10.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left button once (b) two fast left presses (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
- 11.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) drag (d) click
- 12.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 13.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
- 14.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) by its wire (c) with both hands (d) gently, palm on top
- 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 16.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) chair (c) pillow (d) plate
- 17.How do we do a double-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) roll the middle wheel (d) click two times fast
- 18.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) a single left press
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) two fast left presses
- 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 22.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
- 23.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 24.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) move while holding down (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
- 26.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 27.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
- 28.How do we do a right-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) click two times fast (c) spin the middle wheel (d) tap the right button
- 29.True or false: to click two times fast is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 30.How do we do a double-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left twice quickly (c) turn the wheel (d) one press on the right
- 31.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 32.How do we do a click? (a) two fast left presses (b) tap the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) tap the left button
- 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) double-click (b) click (c) right-click (d) scroll
- 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) tap the right button (d) tap the left button
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) move while holding down
- 37.True or false: to turn the wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 38.How do we do a right-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
- 39.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 2
- hold the button and move
- tap the left button
- scroll
- click
- False
- pressed down
- drag
- press left button once
- two fast left presses
- click
- 2
- double-click
- gently, palm on top
- double-click
- mouse pad
- click two times fast
- True
- a single left press
- press left button once
- scroll
- the left button
- 1
- False
- move while holding down
- True
- roll the middle wheel
- tap the right button
- False
- press left twice quickly
- False
- tap the left button
- right-click
- double-click
- tap the right button
- press left twice quickly
- True
- one press on the right
- True
- True
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