Information Sheet MSh 313-5

LESSONS 6-10

Learning Objectives:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be able to:
1. Learn the another set letters in machine shorthand
2. Learn some compound consonants
3. Acquire the abbreviations and phrases

LESSON 6

6.1 SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Warm up and Review

Practice these sentences a few times until you can write them accurately and easily. Be sure to
include the punctuation marks also.
Is your race Tuesday? Is Sasa a star? Ray is true, too.
Take Rosa to the railroad tour. The railroad tour starts on Saturday. Ross is at
the tour, too. Respect Rey. The store is over the street.

6.2 NEW KEYS: 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.

6.3 KEYBOARD PRACTICE

pay
pays
pure
wrap
soup
up

Practice these sentences on new words. Try to concentrate on the new letter and finger dexterity
on the keyboard.
Pay us Saturday. Wrap the rose. Pass the soup to
Rosa. Pace the race. Take the tape. Is Pat at the race? Pay your soup, too. Put up
the pop. Pat’s soup is pure. Wrap the stew, too.

6.4 CONSONANT COMPOUNDS: PR, SP, -PS

PR is written by the left third and index fingers. Write SP by the left small and middle
fingers. Depress –PS by the right middle and small fingers.
PR
pray
praise
prose

SP
space
spray
sport
 -PS
straps
stops
tops

6.5 MACHINE SHORTHAND ABBREVIATIONS

purchase
part, point
president, present, public relations

plaintiff
important, importance
April

LESSON 7
7.1 SKILL BUILDING
Review the brief forms and phrases. Write these sentences. Repeat any phrases or word
which is difficult to you. Relax and let your fingers do the writing.

Sasa is a star. The president is present at the sports race. The pear is rare. Sara
is at the States Street.
Is the statue at your store? The superintendent praises the president’s tour.
Start the tour on Tuesday. The plaintiff is present at the important tour.

7.2 THE GENIUS OF THE KEYBOARD

You will notice that the keyboard does not have all the letter of the alphabet. The genius
of the machine shorthand keyboard is that it is so arranged that it permits to write all the vowels
and consonant sounds through the masterful use of letter combinations to represent these letters
which are missing. The writing of letter combination will allow you to keep your fingers close to
home row position for complete control of all speed levels during dictation.

7.3 FIRST LETTER COMBINATION: Vowel I and Initial N

Vowel I is represented by letter EU. Write I by depressing vowels E and U with the right
thumb. EU appears at the center of the paper tape/screen.

Initial N is represented by letter combination TPH . Write initial N by depressing the 3 keys
TPH together by the left ring, middle and index fingers.

7.4 KEYBOARD PRACTICE

Write these words and sentences on new letters. Then read your paper
tape/screen to check the accuracy of your writing and to become accustomed to your
new letters.
 nice
know
news

7.5 USING U FOR FINAL Y

Y at the end of a word that sounds I will be written as I lie in try and city which
will be written as TRI and SITI.

try
city

tasty

7.6 ABBREVIATIONS
I
I sit
right
in, not

any
tonight

number
advertise

LESSON 8
8.1 SKILL REVIEW
This lesson presents review of the past lessons. Try to write these sentences
smoothly with a quick, light stroke. If you are able to write the entire paragraph
without striking an errors, you are doing well now. If not, just repeat writing the
difficult words you remember.

Is Art at the tour? Ray spots the rare star. Rose purchase the roses. The
President states true important points. His part is to state the statutes.
Pass the straps to the superintendent. Any star is nice. The April race is
in the news. Advertise the Saturday tour. Rate the store. Respect the
president.
8.2 REVIEW ON ABBREVIATIONS AND PHRASES

Respect, railroad, superintendent, plaintiff number, is-his, president-present,

advertise any, tonight, part-point, Saturday, April important-importance,
purchase, in-not, at-the Tuesday, Public Relations

PHRASES

to the, take the, on our, at the, is a, at our

at your, to his, on your, over the, on the, to your to us, at a, you are, are you, is the

DERIVATIVES

purchase - PUR apart - APT

purchases - PURS pointer - PTR
advertise - TIS points - PTS
advertiser - TISR appoint - APT
parts - PTS appoints - APTS

LESSON 9
9.1 SKILL DEVELOPMENT- Warm up review
Write these sentences in review. Relax and let your fingers to the writing.

Advertise the sports in the news. Your number is not right. The plaintiff
is in the city tonight. Your tires are not tight. Put the rice on the tray.
Pass the tray to Naty. Art take the stew to the nurse. Tato ate the nut, too.
It is another race? Ray stares at the spare part.

9.2 NEW LETTERS: Vowel E and Final N (-N)

Write vowel E by depressing the inside key on the right side of the bottom keys
with the right thumb.

Final N is represented by letter combination PR. Write -N by depressing the

crack between P and B with the right middle finger.

9.3 KEYBOARD PRACTICE

Practice the following words and sentences. Try to increase the rate at which you
are writing while maintaining accuracy.

see SE S E
pet PET P E T
net NET T P H E T
sun SUN S U PB
sign SIN S EU PB

pan PAN P A PB
 Write these sentences which emphasize the new letters. Repeat the new words
until you can write them smoothly.

The sun is up in Tan Street. Set the net price. Ray takes the pan to Rizza.
Ana knows the sign. His pet is in the street.
Rosa is at the train stop. See Rita’s pet in the net. The
President signs the important news. Pas tries a new site.

9.4 ABBREVIATIONS. Write these new abbreviations as accurately as you

can.
opinion
principal/principle

and
Sunday
he
interest
necessary

Practice these sentences on abbreviations and new letters.

The principal takes Ray’s opinion. Tune in the important news. It is

necessary to know the important news. The purchases pays the principal
price and the interest. Pay the net price on Sunday. In Susan’s opinion,
the price is right. His pet is in your store.

9.5 WORD ENDING ST

The final T is omitted in writing words ending in ST. practice the following words
and sentences.
test
rest
nest

9.6 WORDS WITH SES, SIS AND SUS

In writing words with ses, sis and sus omit the middle and write the double S
instead. Follow the following pattern.

roses

spaces

sister

suspire
LESSON 10

10.1 SKILL REVIEW – Warm up review

Write these sentences, then read your for accuracy.

The new superintendents is in any Sunday. The number is taken. It pays

to advertise, you know. Ray and Naty are in the pet race. A snappy
puppy is in sight. The sun sets in an hour. I ate the nuts and the pie. Spot
the top number.

10.2 NEW KEYS: Initial C and Final C (-C)

Note: There are two sounds of C-the hard C which is represented by K like car
(kar) and the soft C which is represented by S like city (siti)
Initial C. Hard C (K) is written by the left ring finger below the letter T and
soft C (S) is written by the left small finger.
Final C (-C) is represented by letter combination BG. These keys are written
by the right middle and ring fingers below homekeys PL.

10.3 KEYBOARD PRACTICE

cape
court

cite
city

cake
pick
kick

Practice these sentences which emphasize the new letters just learned.

Cora is the plaintiff in the case. Nena’s cape is nice. I atethe tasty cake.
Pick up the newspaper and cite the important news. Ronnie kicks the
papers in the street. Try to see thecity at night. See you in the court on
Tuesday. Pick up the cape.

10.4 ABBREVIATIONS
can
could, company

character
ask

October
success
10.5 KEYBOARD PRACTICE

The superintendent knows your character. The island is pretty at night.

Ask Cora to tour the city in October.
The tour is a success. Can your company tour the island, too? You could
present the case in the court on Tuesday.
10.6 WORD BEGINNING CON, COM
Words beginning CON and COM are represented by K.

concert

contract

compare

computer

10.7 SPEED BUILDING.

Try to take the dictation as accurately as you can. Listen attentively to the
dictation and let your dingers do the writing.

ONE MINUTE DICTATION AT 40 WPM

Take Art to the city tour. The superintendent is/ to start

the tour. The tour is set on Saturday. Advertise the city tour.
It pays to advertise, you know. Tuesday tour is at Railroad Street. You
are true. The price is right.

10.8 THE USE OF ASTERISK (**)

We use one asterisk (*) for correction, two asterisk (**) to indicate a paragraph
and three (***) to separate two dictated letters or articles or materials.