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