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