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.How do we do a scroll? (a) tap the left button (b) one press on the right (c) spin the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
- 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we one press on the right? (a) drag (b) double-click (c) click (d) right-click
- 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) click two times fast (d) hold the button and move
- 6.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) double-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) drag
- 7.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 8.🖱️ What do we call it when we roll the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) click (c) scroll (d) drag
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) press left button once (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
- 10.🖱️ To move a mouse smoothly, we keep it on a ___. (a) mouse pad (b) chair (c) pillow (d) plate
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) move while holding down (b) hold the button and move (c) press, hold and slide (d) roll the middle wheel
- 12.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) drag (b) right-click (c) click (d) double-click
- 13.True or false: to one press on the right is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 14.How do we do a right-click? (a) turn the wheel (b) tap the right button (c) tap the left button (d) press left button once
- 15.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) typing (b) charging (c) scrolling (d) printing
- 16.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) right-click (b) click (c) double-click (d) scroll
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) turn the wheel (b) a single left press (c) press left button once (d) tap the left button
- 18.How do we do a right-click? (a) click two times fast (b) one press on the right (c) roll the middle wheel (d) hold the button and move
- 19.True or false: to press left button once is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 20.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: to hold the button and move is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) two fast left presses (c) press left button once (d) a single left press
- 23.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
- 24.How do we do a click? (a) a single left press (b) click two times fast (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
- 25.How do we do a scroll? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) press left button once (c) click two times fast (d) a single left press
- 26.How do we do a double-click? (a) move while holding down (b) two fast left presses (c) tap the left button (d) a single left press
- 27.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the thumb (d) the middle finger
- 28.How do we do a drag? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) turn the wheel (c) press left twice quickly (d) press, hold and slide
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press the right button (b) tap the right button (c) one press on the right (d) a single left press
- 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) scroll (c) click (d) double-click
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) press the right button (d) turn the wheel
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) tap the left button
- 33.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the little finger (b) the ring finger (c) the thumb (d) the index finger
- 34.How do we do a double-click? (a) one press on the right (b) press left twice quickly (c) press the right button (d) press left button once
- 35.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🖱️ What do we call it when we two fast left presses? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) scroll
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) two fast left presses (c) press left twice quickly (d) spin the middle wheel
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one press on the right (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
- 39.True or false: to tap the left button is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: to tap the left button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- 2
- spin the middle wheel
- right-click
- 2
- click two times fast
- click
- 1
- scroll
- press left button once
- mouse pad
- roll the middle wheel
- drag
- False
- tap the right button
- scrolling
- scroll
- turn the wheel
- one press on the right
- False
- True
- True
- two fast left presses
- right-click
- a single left press
- roll the middle wheel
- two fast left presses
- the middle finger
- press, hold and slide
- a single left press
- double-click
- press the right button
- tap the left button
- the index finger
- press left twice quickly
- True
- double-click
- spin the middle wheel
- one press on the right
- True
- False
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