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