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