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