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User. NguyenXuanDuong
Test name: The Little Match Girl (adapted)
Date: 1072022 2:25 PM
TEST RESULTS
Duration: 20:00 min. of total 20:00 min
Gross speed: Si wpm — Gross strok 3142
Accuracy: 98% Error hits: 55 (11 errars* 5)
Net speed: 0.wpm — Net strokes: 3087
TEST TEXT
It vas the last night of the year. Tt had snowed, and it was very cold
outside. Now it vas nearly dark. In the cold and dark walked a poor little
girl. She had no hat. She had no shoes. When she left howe, she had
1 shoes. they vere very large. They had been her mother's. But she had run
i> across the street to avoid a fast horse. THe shoes were so big, they fell
off ae she ran.
dmother child had found one shoe. He ran off with it. She couldn't find
the other. So the little girl walked on with her tiny, naked feet. They
vere quite red and nuns from cold.
The girl hed many matches. She sold them for money. She kept most of
them in an old apron. She held @ bundle of them in her hand so people could
see, But nobody had bought any from her the whole day. No one had given her
a single cent.
And now she was hungry. She had no money for food. She couldn't stay vann.
i> Her body shook as the [she] walked along. The flekes of snow covered her
jong, fair hair. It fell in lovely curls around her neck. But she didn't
feel pretty.
Right now she felt alone. She passed many houses. Candles shone in all
the windows. and the air smelled of roast goose. It was New Year's Eve.
People vere celebrating. They vere all happy, but she vas not.
She found a corner made by tuo houses. She sat down and tried to keep out
1> of the wind, She drew her feet up close to her. But she could not keep [keep]
them varm, Her whole body grew colder. But she couldn't go home. She hed
1> no [not] sold any matches today. She had no money to bring to her family. Her
father vould be angry. and it vas cold at home, too. In her room, the
1> wind whistled. The roof hed large cracks. they vere stopped with straw and
rags. But the cold came in just the same.Typing Test completed on 10/7/2022 using TypingMaster Paye 2
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Her little hands vere almost numb with cold. She had a thought. A match
might bring her some comfort. If she only dared take one out of the
bundle. She could drau it against the wall. It would light. She could warm
her fingers by it. She took one out. She lit it. How it blazed, how it
burned! Tt was a warn, bright flame. It looked like a candle. She held her
hands over it. It felt wonderful.
It seemed to the little girl as if she were sitting before a large fire.
She stretched out her feet to warm them, too. But the small flame vent
out. The fire was gone. She had only the remains of the burnt-out match in
her hand.
She rubbed another one against the wall. It burned as brightly as the
first. The light fell on the wall. She thought she could see into the
room beyond. On the table eas [was] spread a snov-white tablecloth. And
there was a splendid china set. the roast goose was hot. It was stuffed with
apples and dried plums. Her mouth watered with hunger.
She reached out for the goose. Her fingers almost touched it[.] Then, the
match vent out. Nothing was left but the thick, cold, damp wall.
She lit another match. Now she vas sitting un [under] the most
beatiful [beautiful] Christmas tree. Thousends of lights vere burning on
the green branches. Pretty pictures hung on the walls. They locked as
lovely as the ones she had seen in the shop windows. The little girl held
out her hands towards them. Just then, the match went out.
Dut the lights of the