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