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