Typing test with punctuation
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Punctuation typing test
Real writing is full of capital letters, commas and question marks, and they are where most typists slow down. This typing test with punctuation turns every prompt into a short sentence, so you can measure what those extra keys cost you and train them until they cost nothing.
Each prompt is three common words written as a small sentence. It always opens with a capital letter and closes with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. Commas and the occasional semicolon appear between words, so your hands meet the same marks they meet in emails and documents, packed into a tighter space.
Capitals and marks score like letters. Shift itself types nothing, so it never counts as a keystroke, but the capital it produces does, and a lowercase letter where a capital belongs is a mistake like any other.
Most punctuation sits on the right side of the keyboard under the ring finger and the little finger, the two weakest fingers on the hand. Question marks and exclamation marks need Shift as well, which adds a second finger to the movement. Each mark breaks the rolling rhythm you build on plain words, and that pause shows up directly in your words per minute.
That is why scores with punctuation are usually lower, and why TypeMe keeps them as a separate personal best. Compare punctuation runs with other punctuation runs, never with plain words.
Punctuation improves quickly once each mark has a fixed finger and a fixed movement.
After each run, the Keys to practise card ranks the characters you missed most and the ones you hesitated on. With punctuation on, expect commas, capitals and question marks to appear there at first. When they drop off the list, your punctuation has caught up with your letters.
A capital letter starts every sentence; full stops, question marks and exclamation marks end them; commas and semicolons appear between words. Numbers stay off on this page; the number typing test covers digits.
Yes. Every mark and every capital is one character, and five characters make a word. Shift is not a character, so pressing it does not count by itself; only the time it takes does.
Each mark interrupts the rhythm of plain words and often needs Shift or a reach with a weaker finger. A drop is normal, which is why punctuation runs get their own personal best.
Yes. Switch the mode to Paragraph in the control bar to type natural sentences with capitals, commas and full stops as one continuous text. The change applies to this page only.
Want a routine? Read The Quiet Practice, a short guide to typing faster, or browse the typing guide.