A Module Presented by:

Benjamin Jose A. Cada Jr.

Edited by:

Mrs. Lea B. Lopez

Teacher, North Fairview High School

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 Pretest:

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. _________ is written by the right middle finger in the home

position.
a. Final c. SP
P d. –PS
b. Initial P
2. To write SP, just the left small and _____ fingers.
a. Index c. Thumb
b. Middle d. Ring
3. _______ is represented by letter combination EU.
a. Vowel U c. Vowel I
b. TPH d. Initial N
4. To write ______, depress vowel E and U with the right thumb.
a. TPH c. EU
b. Initial N d. I
5. A variation of an abbreviation is _______.
a. Derivative c. Prefix
b. Abbreviation d. Suffix
6. A _______ may be a prefix or suffix added to a word.
a. Derivative c. Abbreviation
b. Variation d. Phrases
7. To write –N, depress the crack between P and B with the ______ middle finger.
a. Left thumb c. Right
b. Center d. Left
8. Vowel E is written by depressing the _____ key on the right side of the bottom keys with
the right thumb.
a. Outside c. Right thumb
b. Keys d. Inside
9. There are two sounds of C, the hard C which is represented by _______.
a. K c. BG
b. –C d. PL
10. The soft C which is represented by ______.
a. Initial C c. Soft C
b. S d. Final –C

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6-1 Initial P and Final P (-P)

Initial P – is written by the left middle finger in the home position.

Final P – is written by the right middle finger in the home position.

After knowing it, let us now apply these words in a sentence.

Pay PA Pay us Saturday.

Pure PUR The air is pure.
Wrap RAP Wrap the tray.

Continue to practice these words in your keyboards for you to have a full mastery of it.

6-2 Consonant Compounds: PR, SP, -PS

To write PR, use the left third and index fingers. Consonant compound SP is written by
the left small and middle fingers. And to write –PS, depress the combination with the right
middle and small fingers.

Now let’s use them in a sentence.

PR

Pray P RA Rosa starts to pray.

SP

Space S P A S Put a space.

-PS

Stops ST O P S Papa stops the race.

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Well done stenographers! Now let’s have the Abbreviations!

6-3 Machine Shorthand Abbreviation

Purchase P UR Purchase the spray.

Part, point P T Point the straps.

President, present, PR The President stays at the race.

public, relations

Important, importanceP O R Purchase the important prose.

April A P The April race is important.

Congratulations my dear students! You are now on your way to completing this
module and eventually be a competent stenographer.

Now, let’s test how far you have mastered about the lesson. With your improvised
Machine Stenography Keyboard, try to depress the consonant compounds and abbreviations
we’ve discussed a while ago. Just focus on your work and everything goes well.

Activity 6

The tour starts at Praise Street. Pat prays at the tour.

Ray tops the important tour. The president’s part is to stop the tour.
The superintendent points the straps to Pat. Spray the rose. The
plaintiff starts the April sports race.

How’s the activity? Is it easy or difficult? Are you now

familiar with the different strokes? Well, as you go along in this
module, every lesson will give you new strokes to learn. Just remember to master every lesson
before you go to the other.

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 It’s not yet over dear, as part of the lesson you should
answer the Self-Check below, for us to know if you have
successfully passed with this educational venture on the New
Machine Shorthand. Good Luck!

Self-check:

Choose the letter of the correct answer:

1. Initial P is written by the _____ middle finger in the home position.

a. Left c. Small
b. Right d. Center

2. Final P is written by the ______ middle finger in the home position.

a. Index c. Thumb
b. Right d. Small

3. Abbreviations can ________ speed in taking down dictation.

a. Help c. Increase
b. Lesson d. Make

4. PR is written by the _______ third and index fingers.

a. Ring c. Right
b. Middle d. Left

5. Depress _______ by the right middle and small fingers.

a. –PS
b. SP
c. PR
d. –P

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Post test:

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct

answer.

11. _________ is written by the right

middle finger in the home position.
e. Final P g. SP
f. Initial P h. –PS
12. To write SP, just the left small and _____ fingers.
e. Index g. Thumb
f. Middle h. Ring
13. _______ is represented by letter combination EU.
e. Vowel U g. Vowel I
f. TPH h. Initial N
14. To write ______, depress vowel E and U with the right thumb.
e. TPH g. EU
f. Initial N h. I
15. A variation of an abbreviation is _______.
e. Derivative g. Prefix
f. Abbreviation h. Suffix
16. A _______ may be a prefix or suffix added to a word.
e. Derivative g. Abbreviation
f. Variation h. Phrases
17. To write –N, depress the crack between P and B with the ______ middle finger.
e. Left thumb g. Right
f. Center h. Left
18. Vowel E is written by depressing the _____ key on the right side of the bottom keys with
the right thumb.
e. Outside g. Right thumb
f. Keys h. Inside
19. There are two sounds of C, the hard C which is represented by _______.
e. K g. BG
f. –C h. PL
20. The soft C which is represented by ______.
e. Initial C
f. S
g. Soft C
h. Final

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Assessment of answers:

My dear students, if you got scores 9-10 correctly, that’s excellent!

That means that you listened and understood my lessons.
Congratulations!

If you got between 7-8, very good that means you remembered most
of our lesson. Continue to master every stroke.

If you got 5-6 you’re good. I suggest that you browse again our
lessons to freshen your memory about the different strokes that we’ve
just learned.

And if you have a score 1-4, I do require you to study again our
lesson. Good luck!

Until next time dear, hope you learned something at this point of
time. See you in the upcoming lessons!

Au revoir!
Answer’s key:

Pretest/posttest

1. A 6. B

2. B 7. C

3. C 8. D

4. D 9. A

5. A 10.B

Lesson 6: Self-check

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

5. A