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