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