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