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