Chapter 6 of 16
Punctuation
Exam scoring treats a missing comma as a half mistake. These lessons make punctuation automatic.
- 1
Comma and period
Comma with the right middle finger, period with the right ring finger. Both are followed by a space.
target 20 wpm
- 2
Apostrophes
The apostrophe sits next to the semicolon under the right pinky. Contractions and possessives use it constantly.
target 20 wpm
- 3
Question and exclamation
Shift plus slash gives ?; Shift plus 1 gives !. Both need the opposite-hand Shift.
target 20 wpm
- 4
Quotation marks
Double quotes are Shift plus apostrophe. Open and close them around speech.
target 21 wpm
- 5
Hyphens and colons
Hyphen is right of 0, colon is Shift plus semicolon.
target 21 wpm
- 6
Brackets and parentheses
Parentheses are Shift plus 9 and 0, typed with the ring finger and pinky.
target 21 wpm
- 7
Punctuation review
Everything together in paragraph form.
target 23 wpm
- 8
Chapter test
One-minute punctuated paragraph test. Pass with 25 WPM and 95%.
target 25 wpm