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