English Typing Tutor

Lesson 1:

The home row of the keyboard is the most important to the touch‐typist. When at rest the typist's fingers are positioned, lightly, on the A‐S‐D‐F keys for the left hand, and the J‐K‐L‐; keys for the right hand.

·        The left index finger will control the F and G keys, the right index finger will control the J and H keys.  

·        The left middle finger will control the D key, the right middle finger will control the K key.  

·        The left ring finger will control the S key; the right ring finger will control the L key.  

·        The left little finger will control the A key, the right little finger will control the ; key.  

·        The spacebar is controlled by the right thumb.

LF = little finger, RF = ring finger, MF = middle finger, IF = index finger

Lesson 1 Exercises:

Exercise 1:

 asdfg hjkl; asdfg hjkl; ;lkjh gfdsa asdfg hjkl; ;lkjh gfdsa ;lkjh gfdsa  

Exercise 2: Please type

ah had lag slag ah had lag slag ah had ah had lag slag           

Exercise 3:

dash gash lash dash gash lash dash gash lash dash gash lash  

Exercise 5:

lad sash flag lad sash flag lad sash flag lad sash flag lad sash  

Exercise 6:

fall gall hall lass fall gall hall lass fall fall gall hall lass fall  

Exercise 7:

glass alfalfa adds glass alfalfa adds glass alfalfa adds glass alfalfa

Exercise 8:

sad shall salad sad shall salad sad shall salad sad shall salad sad shall  

Exercise 9:

ash glad alas ash glad alas ash glad alas ash glad alas ash glad alas  

Exercise 10:

 all flask half all flask half all flask half all flask half all flask half 

Lesson 2:

The third row of the keyboard is the Q‐W‐E‐R‐T‐Y row.

·        The left index finger will control the R and T keys, the right index finger will control the Y and U keys.  

·        The left middle finger will control the E key, the right middle finger will control the I key.  

·        The left ring finger will control the W key, the right ring finger will control the O key.  

·        The left little finger will control the Q key, the right little finger will control the P key.

LF = little finger, RF = ring finger, MF = middle finger, IF = index finger

Lesson 2 Exercises:

Exercise 1:

qwert yuiop qwert yuiop ; poiuy trewq poiuy trewq qwert yuiop qwert  

Exercise 2:

till quail tight yell; will those feat lake hash till quail tight yell; will  

Exercise 3:

wire this flay queue; there rail sale gypsy is wire this flay queue; there 

Exercise 4:

usher wake yaw tide; quash their light rash that usher wake yaw tide;  

Exercise 5:

slit guide tale rage; the depth quest your these slit guide tale rage;  

Exercise 6:

 tale trash slide day; take urge wages wake typist tale trash slide day;  

Exercise 7:

play rest jaw quail; why fell its well peat two play rest jaw quail; why  

Exercise 8:

typed sure peep sill; ogre rate quell paw yap use typed sure peep sill;  

Exercise 9:

 if do pit dug wary; quaff law stop lair gate here if do pit dug wary;   Exercise 10: Please type go her with hit; fight tug quill day saw yippee go her with hit; fight tug

Lesson 3:

The left index finger will control the V and B keys, and the right index finger will control the N and M keys.  

·        The left middle finger will control the C key, and the right middle finger will control the, key.  

·        The left ring finger will control the X key, and the right ring finger will control the. Key.  

·        The left little finger will control the Z key, and the right little finger will control the / key.  

·        The left shift key is controlled by the left little finger and the right shift key is controlled by the right little finger

LF = little finger, RF = ring finger, MF = middle finger, IF = index finger

Lesson 3 Exercises:

 Exercise 1:

 zxcvb nm,./ zxcvb nm,./ /.,mn bvcxz /.,mn bvcxz zxcvb nm,./ zxcvb  

 Exercise 2:

by, zip wean trying stump shrink rice ping/ mail by, zip wean trying  

Exercise 3:

 king fan crick, chill block. back abbot. aflame/ mix king fan crick, chill  

Exercise 4:

zest win, thump skunk. plain muffin, knight/ exit zest win, thump skunk.  

Exercise 5:

daring. choke bishop. admit twine sultan, sing/ roman daring. choke  

Exercise 6: Please type   pink, nicest mate knit. groan flock, divide coop/ advice pink, nicest  

Exercise 7:

vilest turbot, track snick scoot revoke. rein/ paving vilest turbot, track  

Exercise 8:

Office. Meat. Lean. Hiking. Feline. Decay. Clash. Bright. Office. Meat.

 Exercise 9:

Bump. Prank. Bate. Turnip. Bap. Aging. Aback. Wombat. Vine.

 Exercise 10:

Vexing. Typing. Being. Sump. Faxing. Rink. Blot. Nice.

Lesson 4:

In our first three lessons we covered the first three rows of the keyboard. This being our fourth lesson, we cover the fourth row. The number row.

·        The left index finger will control the 4 and 5 keys; the right index finger will control the 6 and 7 keys.  

·        The left middle finger will control the 3 key, the right middle finger will control the 8 key.  

·        The left ring finger will control the 2 key, the right ring finger will control the 9 key.  

·        The left little finger will control the 1 key, the right little finger will control the 0 key

LF = little finger, RF = ring finger, MF = middle finger, IF = index finger

Lesson 4 Exercises:

Exercise 1:

12345 67890 12345 67890 09876 54321 09876 54321

Exercise 2:

380, 157, 062, 519.238, 406, 925, 640, 502.798, 256

Exercise 3:

A1 S2 D3 F4 G5 H6 J7 K8 L9 ;0 9l 8k 7j 6h 5g 4f 3d 2s 1a

Exercise 4:

Moscow 013 Sofia 982 Nuuk 176 Riga 541 Vilnius 194

Exercise 5:

32A Rome 174B Paris 985 Berlin 681 Madrid 704 Vienna

Exercise 6:

831 Warsaw 495 Amsterdam 672 Brussels 140 Copenhagen

Exercise 7:

640 Prague 135 Bratislava 217 Nicosia 489 Tallinn 810

Exercise 8:

7.72 Helsinki 6.39 Athens 7.02 Valletta 14.2 Lisbon 87.6

Exercise 9:

16.9 Ljubljana 0.24 Stockholm 81.3 Dublin 5.39 Oslo 71.6

Exercise 10:

76.9 Belgrade 1.35 Reykjavik 72.0 Bern 86.4 Kiev

Lesson 5:

This is the last lesson in our typing course. You should by now be more comfortable with typing. Hands on the keyboard, eyes on the screen; both your accuracy and your speed will improve with practice.

LF = little finger, RF = ring finger, MF = middle finger, IF = index finger

Lesson 5 Exercises:

Exercise 1:

!@#$% ^&*()_+ +_)(*&^ %$#@! !@#$% ^&*()_+

Exercise 2:

'/ p[] 0‐= =‐0 ][p /'; ;'/ p[] =‐  Exercise 3: Please type 1'1 1;1 ;/; ,. /?/ ;:; '"' \|\ ]}] [{[

Exercise 4: Please type

#15 @ $56.80 = 17%, 15*(12+3)=15^2, 2‐ !=4‐2

Exercise 5:

if($totalqty = 0) {echo "you did not order anything"}; Exercise 6: Please type   if(document.images) && (prelodFlag ==)) {for var i=0

Exercise 7:

>>> for n in [1, 2, 3]: print n; %d x 7 = %d % (j,j*7)

 Exercise 8:

void main() {int angle_degree; double angle_radian. pi

Exercise 9:

if(chair $where){ #we got there } else { #not }

Exercise 10:

 if (index >= size) throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBounds