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