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