Z and v keys on wired keyboard not working

Been very pleased with the reliability of my 24" iMac to date, with very few (if any) problems worth mentioning till the last few days when the z and v keys on the fullsize aluminium keyboard originally supplied with the iMac no longer work?
Can anyone shed any light on why these keys refuse to work. Is it a case of throw the keyboard away, or is it a software issue?
I've rebuilt the permissions using Disk Utility which did find quite a few errors, but it didn't fix the problem of the missing Z and V buttons on the keyboard.
It may just be simply that the keyboard is worn out, but I'm no journalist and don't drink Coke or eat McDonalds burgers over the keyboard so see no reason why these particular keys have reason to stop working.
And please note, I'm typing this from the smaller wireless keypad which explains why I can still type the Z and V keys!

Thanks for the advice, I dug out my old G3 Mac keyboard, plugged it in, and it worked, so it is the keyboard that is faulty rather than the Mac - can't believe it's only lasted 5 years
Guess that it means a trip over to my local Apple Store to buy another keyboard, and knowing my luck, a few other items whilst I'm in there

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