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