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