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