Practise the following keys until you feel comfortable with their location. Once you feel comfortable, move on to other keys and master them.
Set left tabs at 1, 2, and 3 inches on your ruler and do the following exercise. Type the text using the Tab key to move across the row horizontally, and use the Enter key to move to the next line.
ski
runner
ball
swim
picnic
don’t
Why?
hill
track
diamond
pool
mosquitos
won’t
What?
slope
distance
base
dive
blanket
can’t
How?
jump
short
catch
flutter
food
haven’t
When?
Type each of the following sentences. Correct your errors as you type. Press the Enter key twice at the end of each sentence.
Ask a question about whatever comes through the back door.
You will find it is both a puzzle and a joke.
The trucking company has billed us for hauling material to the wrong site.
Will their bookkeeper straighten this out for us?
The jackrabbit was half brown by mid April.
The wood tick is most commonly found on plants that are not trees!
His mother said, “Be sure to dry your hands well, especially between your fingers.”
She wore her gold earrings (she did look better in the blue ones) with her new dress.
Great job! Continue to practise with any of the text provided, or feel free to use any text you have.
When you are ready, go to Training Room 1: Calculating Your Speed to learn how to do a timed writing to calculate your speed.