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