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