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