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	The passage below contains 46 standard words. Each line of the paragraph contains 11 standard words. When the time is up, count the lines and multiply by 11 to obtain the speed in words per minute (wpm). Example: you have typed up until the word warm. Your speed is 27.5 wpm (2.5 lines x 11=27.5). Click the START button. Place the cursor in the box below and type the indicated paragraph in the box. Correct errors as you go along. Never use the ENTER key. If you run out of text, start text again from the beginning. To reset the clock, click the REFRESH button on your browser. To repeat test, click the ERASE button below the box and the START AGAIN button. A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green. The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.