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