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