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