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