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