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