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