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