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