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