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