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