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