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