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