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