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