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