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