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