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