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