Words that belong together
When you write a message or a report, you do not type a shuffled list of words. You type sentences. This test measures that directly: sixty seconds of short, complete phrases, each starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
The phrases are plain and modern. No rare vocabulary, no long quotations, just the kind of sentence you might write yourself.
Why sentences are a better mirror
A sentence has a shape. After “the” you expect a noun; after a comma you expect the thought to continue. Your brain uses that shape to read ahead, and your hands follow. For most people this makes sentences feel smoother than random words, even though the punctuation adds a little work.
That is why a sentence score is a useful companion to a common-word score:
- If your sentence speed is close to your word speed, your everyday typing is in good order.
- If it is well below, capitals and punctuation are slowing you down, and the typing test with punctuation will help you isolate them.
The small things that add up
Three details decide how well a sentence run goes.
The first is the capital at the start. Use the Shift key on the opposite hand from the letter, so neither hand has to twist.
The second is the space after a full stop. It is easy to rush into the next sentence and miss it.
The third is the comma. It sits right beside the letter M on most layouts, and stray commas are among the most common slips.
Your result’s keyboard map and slowest letter pairs will show whether any of these apply to you.
One minute, then what?
Sixty seconds makes this directly comparable with the standard 1-minute typing test: same length, different text. Take both and note the gap.
For a longer sentence session with an eye on assessments, the typing test for jobs uses the same phrases for two minutes. For older, more literary text, try the quote typing test.
How it is scored
Speed counts the characters that end up correct, divided by five and scaled to a minute. Accuracy counts every keystroke, including those you fixed. Both are worked out in your browser, and your best for this preset is stored there too, with no account needed.
The same phrase collection also feeds the Daily Challenge, where everyone gets the same few sentences on the same day.