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