Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Writing & Typing (Part 3)

Have you ever been asked how many "words per minute" (WPM) you can type? Do you know the answer to that? Here's a website that can tell you!

Visit this link (http://www.typingtest.com/). Once there, you can select what time period you'd like (1, 2, or 3 minutes) and what you'd like to type. (The topic "Astronauts" will be listed first, but you can click that to see a list of other choices, including "Aesop's fables," "Rules of Baseball," or even "Today's Travel Headlines" from the NY Times.)

Once you've completed the timed task, see what your results are in the "Net Speed (WPM)" section. Then come back here, let us know what time period you selected, what topic you picked, and what your overall words per minute rate was. Don't worry - it's not a contest and if you don't have a high WPM, that's ok!

29 comments:

Anonymous said...

I selected the 1 minute time period, the "Rules of Baseball" topic, and had a 62 overall words per minute rate.

Melissa Lobsinger

Anonymous said...

I took the typing test on the "Tigers in the Wild" topic. My net speed was 25 words per minute and my accuracy was 92%. I definately have some practicing to do in order to accomplish my goal of 50 wpm and 100% accuracy.

Lia Muth

Anonymous said...

My topic was "Rules of Baseball." My typing score was 42wpm, accuracy 95%.

Allison.

Anonymous said...

I selected Astronauts: 2 minutes
48 WPM
accuracy: 96%
gross speed: 50 WPM

I need to do better than that

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

Second time around, I selected:
Rules of Baseball, 1 minute
61 WPM
accuracy: 96%
gross speed: 63 WPM

Hooray! I did better this time!

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

The time I selected was 2 minutes with the topic "The wonderful Wizard of Oz." My accracy was way off at 85%. My speed was 35wpm, but because I did not include my puncuations.My overall wpm were 29.


SHENEA WALKER

Anonymous said...

Mirlene Longtime ago I have used to 32 wpm.
now the 1st one was 17 and the second 13 WPM.

Anonymous said...

I chose 1 minute time period. The topic was "Test Instructions." My overall words per minute is 44.


Abbey P.

Anonymous said...

My selection was the "Rules of Baseball". I had a gross speed of 28 WPM with a 96% accuracy rate. I chose the one minute test.

-Bradley B.

Anonymous said...

The time period I selected was two minutes. The topic was Test Instructions. My overall words per minute rate was 42 with 96% accuracy.

Deidra W.

Anonymous said...

I took the typing test the 'rules of baseball" my net speed was 21wpm and my accuracy 83% . I need to practice a lot.
sandra d.

Anonymous said...

Sandra H.

I chose the 2 minute timer. My topic was "typing instructions". I typed 35 wpm, gross 36 and my accuracy was 98%.

Anonymous said...

I selected the topic: Rules of Baseball. My Net Speed was 43 WPM. Accuracy 92%.

I need to paractice!

Rosa Fdez.

Anonymous said...

I took the "Rules of Baseball" test and my score was 19 words a minute.I think I have a lot of work to do.


Mianta

Anonymous said...

I took astronauts my skill have definitely dropped after years of not using them. I am at 25 words per minute with a 96% accuracy. spend to much time peeking,

Rhonda Sims

Anonymous said...

I did 1 minute
Wonderful Wizard of Oz
55 WPM
92% acuracy
59 gross WPM
I am doing ok

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

I did better this time:
1 minute on topic
The Enchanted Typewriter
60 WPM
95% accuracy
63 WPM gross speed

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

I selected the 1 minute time slot, and the topic was "Rules of Baseball.

My results were: net speed 49 words per minute, gross speed 56 words per minute.


Karla Banton

Anonymous said...

I selected the 3 minute time period, and the "Rules of Baseball" topic. My gross speed is 50wpm, net speed is 45wpm with 89% accuracy.

Leonie Florestal

Anonymous said...

My typing was 45 wpm. I selected 1 minute Test Instructions.

Abbey P.

Anonymous said...

Mirlene

I type 13 words for two minutes. They I can improve my typing by practicing.

Anonymous said...

I selected the 3 minute time period, the topic was "Tigers in the Wild."
My overall words per minutes rate was 30, an I had a 89% accuracy.


September 28, 2009

Roxana Alvarez

Anonymous said...

Mirlene

I will going to do the same typing test every day to see how fast I going a do it.

Anonymous said...

I had selected the 1 minute time period. My topic was about the "Rules of Baseball." I did 20 words per minute, and my accuracy was 90% and my gross speed was 22 words per minute. Which to me was not very good,I now that I need to continue typing more.
April Simmons

Anonymous said...

Topic: Today's Travel Headlines
52 WPM (net)
56 WPM (gross)
92% accuracy
Time: 2 minutes

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

Time: 1 minute
Topic: Aesop's Fables
51 WPM (net)
55 WPM (gross)
92% accuracy

Mina Robles

Anonymous said...

The topic I choose is "Rules of Baseball".My speed is 15 wph and my accuracy 100%.I need to do a lot of practice.

Dorothea M.

Anonymous said...

I chose Astronaut for 1 minute. I typed 45 wpm.

Abbey P.

Anonymous said...

I took the typing test for two (2)minutes on the "Astronauts". My net typing speed is 44 wpm with a 92% accuracy. My gross speed is 47 wpm.

Verona