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