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