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