All lessons·Lesson 7 of 15
The R and U keys
R belongs to the left index finger and is on the top row: reach for it and come straight back to the home row. U belongs to the right index finger and is on the top row: reach for it and come straight back to the home row.
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About this lesson
Lesson 7 of 15 adds R and U. After it you know 14 keys. With these keys you can already type 23 common English words, such as her, use, us, are, heard. The drill mixes them with short key groups.
her · use · us · are · heard · read · area · issue · girl · air · leader · figure · hair · large · sure · free · real · hard · red · dark · full · here · far
The drill is forty items long and is generated afresh every time, so you practise the keys rather than memorise a line. Faded keys on the keyboard are ones you have not met yet.
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