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