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