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