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