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