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