How Do I Keep My Mistakes Down When Taking A Timed Typing Test?

First of all, you must practice, practice, practice!!! When I had to take typing tests, I just took a newspaper or magazine, opened a page, and started typing; go as fast as your fingers will move - don't worry about the errors....after a while, there's something called 'muscular memory' (this just recently discovered, I think) and you will find that the more you speed type this way, errors and all, soon you will be gaining in accuracy.....after a while with this method, you can start to concentrate on your typing, that is, aiming at more accuracy.......soon you will be both fast and accurate!!!!! I did this, so I know it works!!! At the actual test, try to mentally be somewhere you are comfortable; say, at home, where you practice your typing....treat each word as a 'whole' and not individual letters.....so if you are typing ' schoolday', don't think, as you are typing, s - c - h but the entire word!!! I know it sounds strange, but try it.......and get those fingers flying!! And good luck!!!!!!!!!!!