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