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