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