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