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