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