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