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