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