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