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