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