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