SINGED FINGERS

Stephen John Shastay

Click here to purchase the Speed Teacher

This lesson has two purposes.  The first one is drill on these endings: S, ING, ED.  SINGED FINGERS will give you a good workout.

The second purpose is a surprise.  The surprise is something you will learn while you are doing this drill.

I'll tell you what the surprise is and what you have learned and how to use it to your advantage.  But I'll tell you that after you have completed the drill.

No fair peeking.  This works best if you don't know what the surprise is.

Here are the rules for proper drill.

1 This is not a speed drill.  Write at a nice controlled speed.

2 This is a muscle-memory drill.  Sloppy work will only reinforce sloppy writing.  Don't waste your time with slop.

3 You can pause the drill if you get tired, but do all of it before you read the surprise at the bottom.

4 You can use this drill in the Drill Machine.  If you choose to do so, don't increase the speed until you can write the entire drill without falling behind.  Remember the Drill Machine is free.  Click here to download the Drill Machine.

sin sinning sinned sins

jump jumps jumping jumped

hand hands handing handed

live living lived lives

grate grating grated grates

pet petted pets petting

pawn pawns pawning pawned

love loving loved loves

fix fixed fixes fixing

trip trips tripping tripped

fault faulting faulted faults

soil soils soiling soiled

scour scouring scoured scours

zoom zoomed zooms zooming

shade shades shading shaded

paint painting painted paints

brief briefed briefs briefing

head heads heading headed

pine pining pined pines

time timed times timing

show shows showing showed

soap soaping soaped soaps

screw screwed screws screwing

snuff snuffs snuffing snuffed

brave braving braved braves

thrive thrived thrives thriving

poach poaches poaching poached

right righting righted rights

watch watched watches watching

glare glares glaring glared

spur spurring spurred spurs

tar tarred tars tarring

churn churns churning churned

surge surging surged surges

charm charmed charms charming

lash lashes lashing lashed

firm firming firmed firms

push pushed pushes pushing

wash washes washing washed

storm storms storming stormed

brush brushing brushes brushed

spark sparks sparked sparking

shout shouted shouting shouts

nurse nursing nurses nursed

word words worded wording

ship shipped shipping ships

step stepping steps stepped

chain chains chained chaining

drown drowned drowning drowns

spoon spooning spoons spooned

scrape scrapes scraped scraping

type typed typing types

coin coining coins coined

spawn spawns spawned spawning

pledge pledged pledging pledges

wage waging wages waged

hedge hedges hedged hedging

chant chants chanted chanting

paint painted painting paints

pounce pouncing pounces pounced

rinse rinses rinsed rinsing

Oh, so you remember about the surprise, do you?  Are you ready for it?  Really?

  Okay, here's what I want you to do.

 Think back on the drill that you have just completed.

  Some of those words were harder than others, weren't they?

  No matter who you are, some of those words are going to slow you down.

  Here's what you do...

  Write down the words that cause you to slow down.

  Now, what is it about those words that caused you to slow down.  Was it the vowels?  Was it the consonants?  Was it a fingering pattern?

  Take that list to your theory book and find a whole heapy gob of those kind of words.

  Open your word processor, or open Notepad or Wordpad.  You can find Notepad and Wordpad by clicking Start/Programs/Accessories.

  You are about to create the best drill you have ever had.  You now have the knowledge of your weaknesses, and you have a theory book full of examples.  Write a drill that will instantly improve your abilities.

  There isn't a teacher around who can give you what you just learned.  Only you can tell exactly when you faltered.  Take advantage of this opportunity.

  Now that you know how, it is your responsibility to add to that drill.  Every time you find a sound or a syllable or a finger combination that gives you trouble, make it part of this drill.  And do that drill every day as part of your daily warm-up drill.

  And I do mean DAILY WARM-UP DRILL.