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