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