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