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.How do we do a scroll? (a) click two times fast (b) press left button once (c) roll the middle wheel (d) press, hold and slide
- 3.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) charging (b) scrolling (c) printing (d) typing
- 4.True or false: to click two times fast is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 5.How do we do a double-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) hold the button and move (c) turn the wheel (d) click two times fast
- 6.How do we do a right-click? (a) move while holding down (b) one press on the right (c) press left button once (d) roll the middle wheel
- 7.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 8.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 9.True or false: to two fast left presses is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) double-click (d) scroll
- 11.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the wheel (c) the right button
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) press left button once (c) press left twice quickly (d) a single left press
- 13.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) pillow (b) plate (c) chair (d) mouse pad
- 14.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) with both hands (b) upside down (c) gently, palm on top (d) by its wire
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
- 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press, hold and slide (c) press left twice quickly (d) click two times fast
- 18.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) one press on the right (c) press left twice quickly (d) press, hold and slide
- 19.How do we do a double-click? (a) hold the button and move (b) a single left press (c) two fast left presses (d) press the right button
- 20.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left twice quickly (b) tap the left button (c) click two times fast (d) spin the middle wheel
- 21.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 22.How do we do a click? (a) press the right button (b) two fast left presses (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
- 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) right-click (b) click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
- 25.How do we do a drag? (a) turn the wheel (b) press, hold and slide (c) two fast left presses (d) spin the middle wheel
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) one press on the right (d) roll the middle wheel
- 27.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) scroll (b) click (c) right-click (d) drag
- 28.True or false: to a single left press is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 29.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) scroll
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) one press on the right (c) tap the right button (d) press the right button
- 32.True or false: to tap the right button is a scroll. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left button once (c) press left twice quickly (d) click two times fast
- 35.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 36.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a click. (a) True (b) False
- 37.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
- 38.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) click (b) right-click (c) double-click (d) drag
- 39.How do we do a double-click? (a) move while holding down (b) press the right button (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left twice quickly
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) press left button once (c) tap the left button (d) tap the right button
Answer key
- 2
- roll the middle wheel
- scrolling
- False
- click two times fast
- one press on the right
- 2
- 1
- True
- double-click
- the left button
- press left twice quickly
- mouse pad
- gently, palm on top
- two fast left presses
- double-click
- press, hold and slide
- press left button once
- two fast left presses
- spin the middle wheel
- True
- tap the left button
- right-click
- press the right button
- press, hold and slide
- one press on the right
- click
- False
- False
- right-click
- turn the wheel
- False
- False
- press left button once
- True
- False
- double-click
- drag
- press left twice quickly
- tap the right button
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