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