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