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