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