Home Row AND Number Row: Iii. Preliminary Activities
Home Row AND Number Row: Iii. Preliminary Activities
Home Row AND Number Row: Iii. Preliminary Activities
I. INTRODUCTION
This module shows you how to key in the letters,
numbers and symbols using the proper finger. This
also lets you familiarize each symbol you see on a
keyboard.
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HOME ROW
The home row keys are the row of keys on the computer keyboard that your fingers rest on when not
typing.
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THIRD ROW
The Third row is composed of the letters Q, W, E, R, T, Y, U, I, O and P (from left to right).
FIRST ROW
The First row is composed of the letters Z, X, C, V, B, N, M and symbols comma (,), period (.), forward slash
(/). And above comma is the symbol less than (<), above period is greater than (>), and above forward
slash is question mark (?).
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Above the third row lies the number row. Number row is composed of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0
and symbols above each number are exclamation point (!), at sign (@), hash or number sign (#), dollar
sign ($), percentage sign (%), caret (^), ampersand (&), asterisk (*), and open and close parenthesis (),
respectively.
SYMBOLS
Other symbols in the keyboard that are pressed by the right little finger are the following:
Backslash \ Hyphen/Dash –
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V. PRACTICE EXERCISES
Identify which finger is used on the following letters, numbers or symbols.
1) O- 6) > -
2) H- 7) { -
3) S- 8) 2 -
4) C- 9) 8 -
5) ^- 10) 5 -
VII. ASSESSMENT
(To be given in a separate worksheet)
VIII. REFERENCES
https://www.typing-lessons.org/lesson_1.html
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