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