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