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