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