Remember: Each finger reaches up to its own top row key, taps, and comes straight home.
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A card for PopYara was making a card for her grandad, Pop. P, O, P: all three letters of Pop's name are on the top row. At first she hunted for them with one finger, and it took ages. Then Quill the parrot flapped onto the keyboard and walked along the top row, one foot on each key: q, w, e, r, t, y, u, i, o, p. Those ten letters make the top row, and the first six spell qwerty. Yara rested her fingers on the home row, reached up with the right finger for each letter, and after every reach, the finger came straight back home.
1
How many letters are on the top row?
sixteneight
2
The first six letters of the top row spell qwerty.
TrueFalse
Up from home
Top row: q w e r t y u i o p.
3
The blue key is on the top row. Which finger reaches up to it?
left middleleft ringright ring
4
Look at this blue key. Which finger reaches up to it?
right middleright ringright pointer
5
Join each top row key to the home row key its finger rests on.
1q
2w
3i
4o
5p
Al
Bs
Ca
Dk
Ethe semicolon
6
Quill walks the top row. The blank key comes after e. Write its letter:
7
Circle every word made only of top row letters.
popdeartiepantype
8
The word write is made only of top row letters.
TrueFalse
9
Number a reach to the top row in order.
Tap the key
Come straight back home
Reach one finger up to a top row key
Rest on the home row
10
After a reach up, the finger should stay up high.
TrueFalse
11
In Dear Pop, the letters d and a stay home. How many other letters need a reach up?
Copy and write
12
Copy it. qwertyuiop
13
Write one word made only of top row letters.
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Answer key · Set A
Reach up to the top row
1ten Quill walked q, w, e, r, t, y, u, i, o, p. That is ten letters.
2True Q, w, e, r, t, y spell qwerty, which is why it is called a qwerty keyboard.
3left ring The left ring finger rests on s and reaches up to w.
4right middle The right middle finger rests on k and reaches up to i.
51-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A, 5-E Each finger reaches straight up from its own home key: q from a, w from s, i from k, o from l, and p from the semicolon.
6r The top row reads q, w, e, r, t, y, so r comes after e.
7pop, tie, type Pop, tie and type use only top row letters. Dear has d and a, and pan has a and n, which are at home or lower.
8True W, r, i, t and e are all on the top row.
93, 4, 2, 1 A finger starts at home, reaches, taps, and comes straight back.
10False Every finger comes straight back home after a reach, so it never has to hunt for its key.
115 E, r, p, o and p are on the top row. That is five reaches up.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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