Typing Test No Punctuation, No Capitals

Type the lowercase passage; the clock starts with your first key.

Type each word and press space after it. The clock starts on your first key. i did not learn to swim until i was grown up and the first lessons were harder than i had expected the teacher said that the water would hold me up if i let it and for a long time i did not believe her i held my breath and kicked too hard and sank every time then one evening i lay back and looked at the ceiling and let my arms and legs go loose and for a few seconds i floated after that it came slowly one length and then two and then ten and now the pool is the calmest part of my week
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60 seconds of typing. Words per minute is correct characters divided by five; accuracy is correct keystrokes out of all keystrokes.

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How it works

This typing test has no punctuation and no capital letters: only lowercase letters and the space bar. Twelve passages written for this site run from 52 to 124 words, and a finished passage rolls into the next.

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Why take punctuation out

A typing test without punctuation measures letters and spaces alone, with no reaches for Shift, commas or quotes. Scores tend to come out higher than on book prose, so compare a result only with another no punctuation typing test.

Lengths and passages

Pick 30 seconds, 1 minute or 2 minutes. The passages come in three lengths, from Rain on a Tin Roof to A Morning at the Harbour. Every word is a real word and there are no contractions, so nothing has lost its apostrophe.

  • Keep your eyes a few words ahead: with no full stops, the end of a sentence gives no warning.

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How is the score worked out?

Your speed is correct characters, spaces included, divided by five, per minute. Accuracy shows the share of keys that were right. Your best for each length is kept in this browser only.

Is i typed in lower case too?

Yes. Every letter is lower case, including the word i, so Shift is never needed. No passage holds anything other than a to z and the space.

Where can I type with punctuation?

The 2 minute typing test keeps every comma, colon and capital of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. For the marks on their own, use typing practice with numbers and symbols.

All 12 passages

Short passages, under 80 words 4

  • A Walk by the River Sentences run straight into each other here. Read the whole line before you type it so the next word never surprises you.
  • Bread in the Morning Plain kitchen words. Mixed, knocked and shaped all end in -ed, a pattern worth a smooth roll.
  • The Last Bus Home Every word is lower case, so the only keys are letters and the space bar. Watch the doubles in street and wall.
  • Rain on a Tin Roof Short words and one long sentence. With no full stops to rest on, keep a steady beat from the first word to the last.

Medium passages, 80 to 99 words 4

  • An Old Clock on the Stairs Few long words but many short ones. On text like this, speed comes from the space bar arriving on time.
  • Fixing a Bicycle Chain A how-to with no commas. The words chain, gear and ring come round several times, so the second time should be quicker.
  • The Night Before a Trip Lists without commas. Where a comma would have been, a single space does the job, so do not pause.
  • Seeds on the Windowsill Long words such as windowsill and seedlings. Type each one in a single sweep rather than letter by letter.

Long passages, 100 words or more 4

  • A Morning at the Harbour The longest passage. Without punctuation the sentences blur together, so keep your eyes a few words ahead of your fingers.
  • How Bees Find Flowers A plain account of something true. Names such as nectar and pollen are short, but watch the double L in pollen.
  • Learning to Swim Late Long clauses with no breaks. The pronoun i is lower case here, like every other word.
  • Snow on the First Day Mostly short words in a long passage. A clean run here is about not slipping on the doubles in tall, street and hill.

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