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