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