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