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