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