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