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