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