Learn to type
without looking down

Now the right hand: index on J (feel for its bump), middle on K, ring on L, pinky on the semicolon.

Both hands stay on home row for this one. The jump between hands is where beginners usually slow down -- let your eyes stay on the screen, not your fingers.

Every word here is a real English word built entirely from home-row letters -- your first taste of typing something you'd actually write.

Q, W, E, R and T sit one row above home row, each reached by the same finger that owns its home-row key below it -- R and T both stretch from your index finger.

Y and U stretch up from your right index finger, I from middle, O from ring, P from pinky -- the mirror image of the left hand's reach.

Home row and top row together now. Notice your fingers returning to the home-row bump between reaches -- that return is the habit that makes touch typing fast.

With eighteen letters learned, real words start to open up -- this set draws from the actual dictionary the main typing test uses.

Z, X, C, V and B are the last left-hand reach, one row below home row -- B is the widest stretch on the keyboard for your index finger, so take it slow.

N and M reach down from your right index finger, then comma, period and slash from middle, ring and pinky -- the last new keys in the alphabet.

Every letter key is now in play. This is the widest reach your hands will ever need to make -- if it feels slow, that's expected on the first pass.

The full alphabet unlocks almost the entire word list -- this is the first unit that reads like an ordinary sentence rather than a drill.

The number row sits above the top row, reached by stretching the same fingers upward again -- 1 and 2 from your left pinky and ring, up through 5 from your left index.

6 through 0 mirror the left hand's reach on the right. Once these are comfortable you can type any number without glancing at the row.

Every letter and number you've learned, mixed together in real words -- a checkpoint before punctuation joins the mix.

Capital letters and punctuation, drawn from the same generator the main typing test uses -- this is what ordinary writing actually looks like.

One passage, the full keyboard and real punctuation, no training wheels. Clear this and the whole keyboard is yours -- Intermediate is next, building real sentences and speed.