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