Typing Lessons

Beginner Lesson 1

F and J: Finding the Home Row

Find F and J by touch using the raised bumps, without looking down.

• Target: 10 WPM / 90%
• 1m 30s

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Beginner Lesson 2

A, S, D and F: The Left Hand

Place all four left-hand fingers on their home keys and move each one independently.

• Target: 10 WPM / 90%
• 1m 30s

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Beginner Lesson 3

J, K, L and Semicolon: The Right Hand

Place all four right-hand fingers on their home keys and move each one independently.

• Target: 10 WPM / 90%
• 1m 30s

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Beginner Lesson 4

Home Row Combinations

Alternate between the hands smoothly without looking at the keyboard.

• Target: 12 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 5

E and I: The First Reaches

Reach up to E and I and come straight back to the home row.

• Target: 12 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 6

R and U: Index Finger Reaches

Reach up with both index fingers without dragging the other fingers along.

• Target: 12 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 7

T and Y: The Inside Stretch

Stretch the index fingers inward to T and Y and return cleanly.

• Target: 14 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 8

G and H: The Middle Reach

Reach sideways to G and H while keeping the other fingers anchored.

• Target: 14 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 9

C and the Comma

Reach down to the bottom row for C and the comma.

• Target: 14 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 10

V and M: Index Fingers Downward

Reach down to V and M without lifting the hand off the home row.

• Target: 16 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 11

B and N: The Longest Reaches

Handle the two awkward inside reaches on the bottom row.

• Target: 16 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 12

W and O: Ring Finger Reaches

Move the ring fingers up to W and O and back again.

• Target: 16 WPM / 90%
• 1m 40s

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Beginner Lesson 13

Q and P: The Outer Columns

Use the little fingers for the outermost letters.

• Target: 18 WPM / 90%
• 1m 50s

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Beginner Lesson 14

X and the Full Stop

Reach down to X and the full stop with the ring fingers.

• Target: 18 WPM / 90%
• 1m 50s

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Beginner Lesson 15

Z and the Slash

Complete the bottom row with the two little-finger keys.

• Target: 18 WPM / 90%
• 1m 50s

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Beginner Lesson 16

The Full Lowercase Alphabet

Type every letter of the alphabet without hunting for a key.

• Target: 20 WPM / 90%
• 2 minutes

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Beginner Lesson 17

Shift and Capital Letters

Produce capital letters using the opposite hand for Shift.

• Target: 20 WPM / 88%
• 2 minutes

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Beginner Lesson 18

Short Common Words

Type the most frequent short words as single movements rather than letter by letter.

• Target: 22 WPM / 92%
• 2 minutes

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Beginner Lesson 19

Simple Sentences

Combine capitals, full stops and spacing into complete sentences.

• Target: 24 WPM / 92%
• 2m 30s

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Beginner Lesson 20

Beginner Course Test

Prove you can type a short paragraph using the whole keyboard.

• Target: 25 WPM / 92%
• 3 minutes

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Elementary Lesson 21

Alphabet Review: The Left Hand

Strengthen the left hand on words it can type without help.

• Target: 22 WPM / 92%
• 1m 50s

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Elementary Lesson 22

Alphabet Review: The Right Hand

Balance the hands by drilling right-hand words on their own.

• Target: 22 WPM / 92%
• 1m 50s

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Elementary Lesson 23

Alternating Hands

Take advantage of words that switch hands on almost every letter.

• Target: 24 WPM / 92%
• 1m 50s

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Elementary Lesson 24

Double Letters

Strike the same key twice cleanly without a gap or a missed second press.

• Target: 24 WPM / 92%
• 1m 50s

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