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Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in deliberately plain, short sentences for young readers, which makes it one of the most forgiving books in the library for typists who are still building basic speed. There is little of the nested-clause complexity that trips up beginners in Victorian prose — mostly short, declarative sentences and frequent dialogue between Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion. Capitalised character and place names — "Munchkin", "Emerald City", "Kansas" — introduce proper-noun practice without heavy vocabulary. At around 39,000 words it is a comfortable multi-week project for a younger or newer typist, and a natural next step up from Alice in Wonderland once that book is finished. Progress saves to your browser automatically after every passage.
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This practice set contains 3 passages from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, split into 9 typing segments — about 741 words, roughly 19 minutes of typing at 40 WPM. Your position saves in your browser after every segment, so you can stop and resume without an account.
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.
— The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum