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