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