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