About the Home Row Review lesson
The home row is the position your fingers return to after every single reach, so this review matters more than any other. If A, S, D, F, J, K, L and semicolon are not automatic yet, everything built on top of them will feel harder than it should. This lesson covers A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;. There are no new keys — just 3 drills mixing what you already know, so you find out which reaches are still slow. Once you can finish all 3 drills above 95% accuracy, move on to E and I Keys.
How to get the most from Home Row Review
- Do not aim for a personal best here. Aim for a clean run with no corrections.
- Watch which of A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ; you hesitate on — those are the lessons worth repeating before moving forward.
- Keep your fingers on the home row between reaches. Drift is what makes review drills feel harder than they are.
- If your accuracy drops below 90%, go back to the lesson that introduced the keys giving you trouble.
Where this fits
This is lesson 5 of 41 in the free FastFingers touch typing course. The next lesson is E and I Keys. When you want to measure your speed on real text instead of drills, take a free typing test.
Frequently Asked Questions
It drills A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ; together, with no new keys introduced. The point is to check that the keys you have already learned hold up when they appear in an unpredictable order.
Nothing is failed — go back to the lesson that introduced the keys you kept missing and repeat it once. Review lessons exist to point you at the gap, not to gate progress.
97% or better is a good bar. Below 90% and the next lesson will feel much harder than it needs to, because it builds on these keys.