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