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