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