Remember: A word made only of home row letters never makes a finger leave home. Slow and right beats fast.
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Read the story, then answer.
The picnicOne sunny day, Dad and a lad named Al went on a picnic. Dad packed a flask to keep their drinks nice and cold. Al packed a big salad in a bowl. They spread a blanket on the grass and sat down. "May I ask for some salad, please?" said Al, and Dad said yes! But oh dear, the flask began to fall off the blanket. Dad picked it up, and not one drop was lost. Words like dad, lad, ask, salad, flask and fall are made only of home row letters, so no finger has to leave home.
1
What did Dad pack to keep the drinks cold?
a salada blanketa flask
2
The flask fell off the blanket and every drop was lost.
TrueFalse
Home row words
Home row letters: a s d f j k l.
3
Circle every word that uses only home row keys: a s d f j k l.
dadcatflaskpielad
4
The blue keys are the home row letters. Which word can you type with just those keys?
sundogsad
5
Dad is typed d, a, d. That is keys, and all of them are at home.
6
The blank key finishes the word ask: a, s,
7
Join each word to what is true about it.
1salad
2fork
3backspace
Aneeds a reach for o and r
Brubs out the last key
Cfive letters, all at home
8
Number the picnic in order.
Al and Dad sit on the blanket
Al asks for some salad
Dad picks up the flask
The flask begins to fall
9
The word fork is made only of home row keys.
TrueFalse
10
If a key is off, you can use backspace, because fixing a slip is part of typing.
TrueFalse
11
Al says the word cake stays on the home row. Which keys are a reach away?
a and kc and ec, a, k and e
Copy and write
12
Copy it. dad asks a lad
13
Write a word of your own made only of a, s, d, f, j, k and l.
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Answer key · Set A
Words that never leave home
1a flask Dad packed a flask to keep their drinks nice and cold.
2False Dad picked up the flask, and not one drop was lost.
3dad, flask, lad Dad, flask and lad stay home. The c and t in cat and the p, i and e in pie are a reach away.
4sad S, a and d are all blue. The u, n, o and g are not.
53 Dad has three letters, so it takes three keys.
6k Ask is typed a, s, k, and k is the right middle finger's key.
71-C, 2-A, 3-B Salad is s, a, l, a, d. Fork has an o and an r, which are a reach away. Backspace fixes a key that is off.
81, 2, 4, 3 The story goes: sit down, ask for salad, the flask falls, Dad catches it.
9False F and k are at home, but the o and the r are a reach away.
10True Backspace rubs out the last key so you can put it right.
11c and e A and k are home row keys. Only c and e are a reach away.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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