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