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 should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) gently, palm on top (c) upside down (d) by its wire
- 2.How do we do a scroll? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) tap the right button (d) spin the middle wheel
- 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) right-click (d) scroll
- 4.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) scroll (b) double-click (c) drag (d) right-click
- 6.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 7.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) double-click
- 9.True or false: to press left button once is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 11.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the index finger (c) the ring finger (d) the thumb
- 12.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the right button (c) one press on the right (d) press the right button
- 14.True or false: to click two times fast is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) plate (b) pillow (c) mouse pad (d) chair
- 16.How do we do a double-click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) roll the middle wheel (c) tap the left button (d) press, hold and slide
- 17.How do we do a drag? (a) a single left press (b) tap the right button (c) roll the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
- 18.How do we do a click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) tap the left button (c) press, hold and slide (d) press the right button
- 19.How do we do a right-click? (a) press the right button (b) tap the left button (c) click two times fast (d) turn the wheel
- 20.How do we do a scroll? (a) turn the wheel (b) click two times fast (c) press left button once (d) tap the right button
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the left button (c) a single left press (d) tap the right button
- 22.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
- 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) drag (b) click (c) right-click (d) double-click
- 24.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) typing (c) scrolling (d) charging
- 27.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) tap the right button (c) press left twice quickly (d) press, hold and slide
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press, hold and slide (c) press left button once (d) hold the button and move
- 29.How do we do a right-click? (a) move while holding down (b) press left button once (c) one press on the right (d) turn the wheel
- 30.True or false: to press left button once is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the ring finger (c) the middle finger (d) the thumb
- 32.How do we do a click? (a) tap the right button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) a single left press (d) one press on the right
- 33.True or false: to hold the button and move is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) move while holding down (d) click two times fast
- 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) click (b) scroll (c) right-click (d) drag
- 37.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) pressed down (c) unplugged (d) let go
- 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) right-click (b) click (c) double-click (d) scroll
- 39.True or false: to a single left press is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🖱️ What do we call it when we turn the wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
Answer key
- gently, palm on top
- spin the middle wheel
- scroll
- 2
- drag
- False
- drag
- click
- False
- True
- the index finger
- 1
- turn the wheel
- False
- mouse pad
- press left twice quickly
- hold the button and move
- tap the left button
- press the right button
- turn the wheel
- tap the right button
- click
- double-click
- True
- True
- scrolling
- tap the right button
- press left button once
- one press on the right
- False
- the middle finger
- a single left press
- False
- True
- move while holding down
- right-click
- pressed down
- right-click
- False
- scroll
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