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