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