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