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