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