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