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