Typing Speed Warm Up – A Set Routine Before a Test

Keep score by hand: one line for every try.

Date

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Words typed

Mistakes

Words per minute

All 6 routines

Letters only: short, medium and long 3

Warm up 1: short asdf jkl; asdf jkl; fdsa ;lkj qaz wsx edc rfv tgb yhn ujm ik ol p qwert yuiop asdfg hjkl zxcvb nm this that with have from they will your what when a quick zebra jumps over my six bright fawn dogs with pluck
Warm up 2: medium asdf jkl; fdsa ;lkj asdfg hjkl; gfdsa ;lkjh aqaza swsxs dedcd frfvf ftfgfbf jyjhjnj jujmj kik lol ;p; qwert yuiop poiuy trewq asdfg hjkl lkjh gfdsa zxcvb nm mn bvcxz about other which their there would these could first after where right think every jo packed five quartz gems and a wax candle by the huge old stove
Warm up 3: long asdf jkl; asdf jkl; fdsa ;lkj fdsa ;lkj fjdk sla; a;sl dkfj asdfg hjkl; qaz zaq wsx xsw edc cde rfv vfr tgb bgt yhn nhy ujm mju ik ki ol lo p; ;p qwert yuiop asdfg hjkl zxcvb nm mnbvc xz lkjh gfdsa poiuy trewq people because through between another against nothing without something thought always little should never before around during number system water max quickly bought a dozen jars of fig jam while pat drove us home

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With numbers, with capitals, or one hand at a time 3

Warm up 4: with the number row asdf jkl; asdf jkl; a1qaz s2wsx d3edc f4rfv f5tgb j6yhn j7ujm k8ik l9ol ;0p 12345 67890 qwert yuiop asdfg hjkl zxcvb nm 1 cup 2 eggs 30 days 45 miles 60 words 789 steps zoe gave max and jack two bright pink quilts for the new sofa by friday
Warm up 5: with capitals and punctuation asdf jkl; ASDF JKL: asdf jkl; Aqz Wsx Edc Rfv Tgb Yhn Ujm Ik, Ol. P;/ Qwert Yuiop, Asdfg Hjkl; Zxcvb Nm. Yes, no. Why not? It's here; that's all. Stop! Go on, then. Why did Max and Zoe give Jack's new puppy to Fliss? "Quiet, both of you," Ruth said.
Warm up 6: one hand at a time asdf fdsa qaz wsx edc rfv tgb qwert asdfg zxcvb bgt vfr cde xsw zaq jkl; ;lkj yhn ujm ik ol p yuiop hjkl nm p lo ki mju nhy qwert yuiop asdfg hjkl zxcvb nm when both hands work again some words need only one and most need two jim saw five big oxen cut through the lazy park pond very quickly

How this list was compiled: All six routines were written for this page; none is taken from a typing course or book. Each runs in the same order: the home row, each finger in turn, each row, common words, then one sentence that holds all 26 letters of the alphabet. Every routine was checked on 2026-10-09: its last sentence holds every letter from A to Z, the routine uses all eight fingers, the fourth routine holds all ten digits, the left-hand and right-hand parts of the sixth use only that hand's keys, and none of the six sentences is a sentence of this site's lessons, practice sentences or quick brown fox test. The six sentences were written for this page. The home keys A S D F and J K L ; and the finger for each key follow the standard touch typing chart described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing (read 2026-10-09), as held in this site's type the alphabet list; the finger for each digit is read from the United States layout file of the free KTouch typing tutor, https://invent.kde.org/education/ktouch/-/raw/master/data/keyboardlayouts/us.xml (read 2026-10-09). The words of the common-word parts are in the ENABLE word list, https://norvig.com/ngrams/enable1.txt (read 2026-10-09). On a keyboard that is not laid out as QWERTY the letter runs no longer follow the fingers and rows. Licence: The routines, their order and their names are original to this site. The ENABLE word list is in the public domain (its release statement is quoted at http://wordlist.aspell.net/scowl_v1-readme/) and was used only to check spelling. KTouch is free software; only the finger for each digit was read from its layout file.

How it works

A typing speed warm up in one fixed order: home row runs, each finger in turn, each row, common words, then a sentence with all 26 letters. Six routines, none timed. The short one is in the box.

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A typing test warm up, start to end

1. Type the routine in the box from start to end. No clock runs. 2. When the text ends, take the typing speed test. 3. For another routine, open Passage under More options.

Six routines

Short, medium and long use letters only. The fourth takes each finger down its column from the digit, as in a1qaz. The fifth adds capitals, commas, full stops and question marks. The sixth works the left hand alone, then the right, then both.

Questions and answers

How long is a typing warm up?

The short routine is 44 words, the medium 58 and the long 80. None is timed, so each lasts as long as you let it; the run ends when the text does.

Does a warm up make you type faster?

Find out on your own hands: take the typing speed test cold one day and after a routine the next, and compare the two results. This page quotes no study and makes no promise.

Is a warm up the same as a typing drill?

No. A drill repeats one thing, often against a clock: keyboard speed practice does that on common letter runs. A warm-up routine is one ordered pass over the whole keyboard, and then you stop.