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