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