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