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