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