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.🛞 What is the small wheel between the mouse buttons for? (a) scrolling (b) typing (c) printing (d) charging
- 2.🖐️ Which finger presses the right mouse button? (a) the thumb (b) the middle finger (c) the ring finger (d) the little finger
- 3.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left twice quickly? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) scroll (d) drag
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a single left press (b) move while holding down (c) press, hold and slide (d) hold the button and move
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press, hold and slide (b) turn the wheel (c) hold the button and move (d) move while holding down
- 6.How do we do a scroll? (a) press left button once (b) press the right button (c) tap the left button (d) roll the middle wheel
- 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.True or false: to press the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🖱️ What do we call it when we spin the middle wheel? (a) drag (b) scroll (c) click (d) right-click
- 11.🖱️ A single click means pressing the left button how many times?
- 12.🖱️ To drag an icon, we keep the button ___ while moving the mouse. (a) switched off (b) let go (c) unplugged (d) pressed down
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the left button (b) spin the middle wheel (c) turn the wheel (d) roll the middle wheel
- 14.🖱️ What do we call it when we click two times fast? (a) click (b) right-click (c) drag (d) double-click
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hold the button and move (b) press the right button (c) tap the right button (d) one press on the right
- 16.✋ How should we hold the mouse? (a) gently, palm on top (b) upside down (c) by its wire (d) with both hands
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tap the right button (b) one press on the right (c) press the right button (d) move while holding down
- 18.🖱️ Which mouse button do we use most of the time? (a) the left button (b) the right button (c) the wheel
- 19.True or false: to one press on the right is a right-click. (a) False (b) True
- 20.How do we do a right-click? (a) press left button once (b) a single left press (c) press left twice quickly (d) press the right button
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) two fast left presses (b) click two times fast (c) spin the middle wheel (d) press left twice quickly
- 22.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a drag. (a) False (b) True
- 23.True or false: to press left twice quickly is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 24.How do we do a click? (a) press left button once (b) two fast left presses (c) press the right button (d) hold the button and move
- 25.How do we do a right-click? (a) roll the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) press, hold and slide (d) one press on the right
- 26.True or false: to move while holding down is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 27.How do we do a double-click? (a) move while holding down (b) one press on the right (c) tap the left button (d) click two times fast
- 28.🖱️ What do we call it when we press left button once? (a) right-click (b) double-click (c) click (d) drag
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left button once (b) tap the right button (c) press the right button (d) one press on the right
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) spin the middle wheel (c) roll the middle wheel (d) turn the wheel
- 31.True or false: to press the right button is a scroll. (a) True (b) False
- 32.How do we do a click? (a) press left twice quickly (b) click two times fast (c) tap the left button (d) one press on the right
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) press left twice quickly (b) one press on the right (c) two fast left presses (d) click two times fast
- 34.True or false: to press, hold and slide is a click. (a) False (b) True
- 35.True or false: to move while holding down is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) click two times fast (b) press left twice quickly (c) two fast left presses (d) press, hold and slide
- 37.How do we do a double-click? (a) spin the middle wheel (b) a single left press (c) press, hold and slide (d) press left twice quickly
- 38.☝️ Which finger presses the left mouse button? (a) the index finger (b) the ring finger (c) the thumb (d) the little finger
- 39.True or false: to tap the right button is a drag. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: to a single left press is a right-click. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- scrolling
- the middle finger
- double-click
- a single left press
- turn the wheel
- roll the middle wheel
- 2
- 2
- False
- scroll
- 1
- pressed down
- tap the left button
- double-click
- hold the button and move
- gently, palm on top
- move while holding down
- the left button
- True
- press the right button
- spin the middle wheel
- False
- False
- press left button once
- one press on the right
- True
- click two times fast
- click
- press left button once
- click two times fast
- False
- tap the left button
- one press on the right
- False
- False
- press, hold and slide
- press left twice quickly
- the index finger
- False
- False
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