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