Postal code patterns typing practice
Switch between letters and digits while copying illustrative postal-code shapes. Focus on case, spaces and group length.
Preview this exercise · 12 words · 60 characters
AB1 2CD XY4 8PQ 12345 12345-6789 LM2 7RS 90210 00428 JK6 1TU
Type the displayed passage in order. Backspace corrects the last character. Paste is disabled. Escape pauses. Control or Command plus Enter restarts. Leaving the input pauses the timer.
How to practise postal code patterns
These invented training labels resemble familiar formats but do not identify a delivery address. Read a letter as a letter even when it resembles a number: O and 0 are different targets. Preserve the internal space in mixed codes and the hyphen in longer numeric examples.
What to check after a run
Check character type at each position, especially where a digit follows a capital letter. Do not use the drill as an address-validation tool; its purpose is accurate keyboard copying.
Read the three original exercises
Preview the exact targets before choosing a run. Counts include spaces and punctuation after whitespace normalisation.
1. Find the pattern
AB1 2CD XY4 8PQ 12345 12345-6789 LM2 7RS 90210 00428 JK6 1TU
2. Connect the movement
Sample label: AB3 6EF. Training box: 45678-1023. Example envelope: PQ8 4RS. Archive card: 00742.
3. Apply it in context
The fictional mailing exercise mixes code shapes rather than real recipients. Copy ZX2 9MN beside tag 10458, then copy CD7 3PQ beside tag 10458-0062. Keep the space in each mixed code and the zero at the start of the final numeric group.
Original practice lesson added 26 October 2026. Educational transcription practice; no professional assessment or qualification.