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