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 mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the right button (b) the left button (c) the wheel
- 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) click (b) right-click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 4.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the right button? (a) drag (b) click (c) right-click (d) double-click
- 5.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) right-click
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) turn the wheel (c) a single left press (d) tap the left button
- 7.How do we do a scroll? (a) move while holding down (b) spin the middle wheel (c) press left twice quickly (d) hold the button and move
- 8.True or false: to tap the right button is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) press left twice quickly (c) press the right button (d) click two times fast
- 10.🖱️ A double-click means pressing the left button how many times quickly?
- 11.True or false: to press left button once is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔍 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
- 13.True or false: to spin the middle wheel is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 15.🖱️ What do we call it when we press the right button? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
- 16.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 17.How do we do a double-click? (a) tap the left button (b) press left button once (c) turn the wheel (d) two fast left presses
- 18.🖱️ What do we call it when we hold the button and move? (a) double-click (b) drag (c) right-click (d) scroll
- 19.🖱️ What do we call it when we press, hold and slide? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) click
- 20.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) upside down (b) with both hands (c) gently, palm on top (d) by its wire
- 21.How do we do a scroll? (a) turn the wheel (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) tap the left button
- 22.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) turn the wheel (c) press the right button (d) tap the left button
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) roll the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) a single left press
- 24.🖱️ What do we call it when we move while holding down? (a) click (b) scroll (c) double-click (d) drag
- 25.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) move while holding down (d) tap the right button
- 26.How do we do a double-click? (a) click two times fast (b) one press on the right (c) tap the right button (d) press left button once
- 27.True or false: to a single left press is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 28.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the ring finger (b) the little finger (c) the index finger (d) the thumb
- 29.True or false: to two fast left presses is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) double-click (b) right-click (c) click (d) scroll
- 31.True or false: to tap the left button is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 32.How do we do a drag? (a) two fast left presses (b) move while holding down (c) press left button once (d) spin the middle wheel
- 33.🖱️ What do we call it when we tap the left button? (a) drag (b) click (c) scroll (d) double-click
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) press left button once
- 35.True or false: to press the right button is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: to two fast left presses is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a double-click. (a) True (b) False
- 39.True or false: to hold the button and move is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
- 40.True or false: to turn the wheel is a double-click. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- 2
- the left button
- double-click
- right-click
- scroll
- turn the wheel
- spin the middle wheel
- True
- press the right button
- 2
- True
- one press on the right
- True
- 1
- right-click
- True
- two fast left presses
- drag
- drag
- gently, palm on top
- turn the wheel
- tap the left button
- a single left press
- drag
- tap the right button
- click two times fast
- True
- the index finger
- True
- click
- False
- move while holding down
- click
- press left button once
- False
- False
- False
- True
- False
- False
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