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 left button once (d) press, hold and slide
- 2.True or false: to click two times fast is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 3.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) chair (b) pillow (c) plate (d) mouse pad
- 4.How do we do a click? (a) tap the right button (b) tap the left button (c) press left twice quickly (d) move while holding down
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) tap the left button (d) click two times fast
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) two fast left presses (d) press the right button
- 7.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 8.How do we do a double-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) click two times fast (c) press, hold and slide (d) tap the left button
- 9.How do we do a drag? (a) press the right button (b) turn the wheel (c) move while holding down (d) press left twice quickly
- 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 11.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) printing (b) scrolling (c) typing (d) charging
- 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) right-click (b) drag (c) click (d) double-click
- 15.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) by its wire (b) upside down (c) gently, palm on top (d) with both hands
- 16.How do we do a drag? (a) press left button once (b) hold the button and move (c) tap the right button (d) roll the middle wheel
- 17.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 18.How do we do a scroll? (a) move while holding down (b) press left button once (c) a single left press (d) spin the middle wheel
- 19.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 20.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) move while holding down (c) tap the right button (d) a single left press
- 21.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) scroll (b) click (c) double-click (d) drag
- 22.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) move while holding down (c) hold the button and move (d) turn the wheel
- 24.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) unplugged (b) pressed down (c) switched off (d) let go
- 25.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) click (b) drag (c) double-click (d) right-click
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) click two times fast (c) two fast left presses (d) press left twice quickly
- 27.How do we do a double-click? (a) two fast left presses (b) move while holding down (c) spin the middle wheel (d) a single left press
- 28.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the wheel (c) the left button
- 29.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the ring finger (c) the little finger (d) the middle finger
- 30.True or false: to roll the middle wheel is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: to press the right button is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) one press on the right (d) tap the right button
- 33.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the little finger (c) the index finger (d) the ring finger
- 34.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) drag (d) click
- 35.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 36.How do we do a click? (a) move while holding down (b) tap the right button (c) a single left press (d) hold the button and move
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) move while holding down (c) a single left press (d) tap the left button
- 38.True or false: to press the right button is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) right-click
- 40.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
Answer key
- press, hold and slide
- True
- mouse pad
- tap the left button
- tap the left button
- press the right button
- False
- click two times fast
- move while holding down
- double-click
- False
- True
- scrolling
- drag
- gently, palm on top
- hold the button and move
- True
- spin the middle wheel
- False
- tap the right button
- click
- False
- turn the wheel
- pressed down
- right-click
- roll the middle wheel
- two fast left presses
- the left button
- the middle finger
- False
- False
- press left button once
- the index finger
- drag
- 2
- a single left press
- move while holding down
- True
- scroll
- scroll
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