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