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