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