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