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