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