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