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