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