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