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