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