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