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