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