Machine Shorthand

Fourth Year

Lesson 14
New keys!

What this module is about

Hi! Good morning my dear students. I hope you will learn something about
this module and find it interesting. From this module, you will study new keys such
as Initial B and the Final B, added abbreviations, and the New Consonant
Compounds: BL, BR and the –BL.

What you are expected to learn

In this module, you are expected to:

1. Discuss about the new keys which are the Initial B and the Final B.
2. Discuss the consonant compounds: BL, BR and –BL.
3. Discuss the new added abbreviations.

How to learn from this module

My dear students, I’d like you to picture yourselves in your mind with
machine shorthand in a room. Think that you have a strong desire to touch it. Don’t
hesitate to make one press. Pressing one letter gives you one word. There are times
that you should depress the keys all together and simultaneously to a have a new
word. Answer the activity and self –check exercises honestly. Don’t look at the key
to corrections. Just always remember that “Honesty is the best policy” and God
knows who cheat. Good luck!
 PRETEST

1. What key is represented by letter combination PW?

a. Initial P
b. Final W
c. Initial B
d. Final B

2. What is reached by moving the middle right finger from position to the
key directly below?
a. Final B
b. Initial B
c. Initial W
d. Final P
3. You will reach for BL by depressing ____and ____ together with your left
middle and index fingers.
a. PW & HR
b. HR & PW
c. RB& BR
d. BR & RB

4. Write _____ by depressing B and L by the right middle and ring fingers.
a. BR
b. BL
c. -BL
d. LB

5. BR is reached by the _________ and _____ fingers depressing PW and R

together.
a. left index and right small fingers
b. right middle and index fingers
c. right middle and left small fingers
d. left middle and index fingers
e.
6. What keys is reached by depressing PW and HR together with your left
middle finger.
a. H
b. B
c. BL
d. –BL

7. What keys is reached by the left middle and index fingers depressing PW
and R together.
a. BR
b. RB
c. BL
d. LB

8. ______ is represented by the letter combination PW.

a. Initial BR
b. Final HR
c. Final H
d. Initial B

9. To write B, depress the crack between ___ and ___ keys with the left
middle finger.
a. W and P
b. P and W
c. R and B
d. B and R

10.To write –BL depress B and L by the ______ and ______ fingers.
a. Right middle and ring fingers
b. Left middle and ring fingers
c. Left small and ring fingers
d. Right small and ring fingers
 Lesson 14
The Initial B and the Final B (-B)

NEW KEYS: Initial B and the Final B (-B)

The Initial B is represented by letter combination PW. Write B by pressing the

crack between P and W keys with the left middle finger. And Final B is reached by
moving the middle right finger from position to the key directly below.

You can write the Initial B by depressing the crack between P and W keys
with the left middle finger.

Left middle

finger

The example words are written below.

 bay BA PW A

bill BIL PW EU L

buy BI PW EU

cube KUB K U B

cab KAB K A B

bob BOB PW O B

You can write Final B by depressing B in our machine shorthand by moving

the right middle finger from position to the key directly below.

Right

middle

finger

Hence, Initial B and Final B are already discussed and the examples are already
given. Next are the New Consonant Compounds: BL, BR and the –BL.
 You will reach for BL by depressing PW and HR together with your left
middle and index fingers. BR is reached by the left middle and index fingers
depressing PW and R together. And write –BL by depressing B and L by the right
middle and ring fingers.

As you can see below, these are examples of the used of consonant compound BL,
BR and –BL.

BL
PWHRA B G
Black BLAK
PWHR O
Blow BLO
PWHR U
Blue BLU

BR
PW RA S
Brace BRAS
PW RA PB
Brain BRAN
PW R EU T
Bright BRIT

-BL
A BL
Able ABL
K A BL
Cable KABL
T A BL
Table TABL

ABBREVIATIONS: Practice these new abbreviations and try to know them by heart
and you will soon find out that it will be useful.
 PW
About
B
Be, been
R E B
Remember

PW R EU
Bring
PW EU S
Business

P O PB
Upon
T U PB
Opportunity

Activity 14
 Practice the following words in machine shorthand.

1. Cube
2. Bill
3. Buy
4. Brace
5. Able

Let’s see whether you have learned something from the discussion.
Answer the self- check exercise that follows.

Self- check:

Direction: Write F if the statement is correct and T if the statement is

incorrect.

1. Initial B is represented by letter combination PW.

2. Final B is reached by moving the right middle finger from its home
position to the key directly below.
3. BR is reached by the left middle and index fingers depressing PW and R
together.
4. To write –BL, depress B and L by the right middle and ring fingers.
5. The sound pattern of the word about is PW.
 Let’s Summarize

 Initial B is represented by the letter combination PW, to write B you

should depress the crack between P and W keys with the left middle
finger.
 By depressing PW and HR together with your left middle and index
fingers, you will reach BL.
 BR keys are reached by the left middle and index fingers depressing
PW and R together.
 To write –BL, you should depress B and L by the right middle and ring
fingers.

You can now relax my dear

students! Recall what you have
learned. Then do the posttest. I
made it simply for you. Good luck.
 POSTTEST

1. It is represented by letter combination PW.

a. Initial P
b. Final W
c. Initial B
d. Final B

2. It is reached by moving the middle right finger from position to the key
directly below.
a. Final B
b. Initial B
c. Initial W
d. Final P

3. You will reach for BL by depressing ____and ____ together with your left
middle and index fingers.
a. PW & HR
b. HR & PW
c. RB& BR
d. BR & RB

4. Write _____ by depressing B and L by the right middle and ring fingers.
a. BR
b. BL
c. -BL
d. LB

5. BR is reached by the _________ and _____ fingers depressing PW and R

together.
a. left index and right small fingers
b. right middle and index fingers
c. right middle and left small fingers
d. left middle and index fingers
6. What keys is reached by depressing PW and HR together with your left
middle finger.
a. H
b. B
c. BL
d. –BL

7. What keys is reached by the left middle and index fingers depressing PW
and R together.
a. BR
b. RB
c. BL
d. LB

8. ______ is represented by the letter combination PW.

a. Initial BR
b. Final HR
c. Final H
d. Initial B

9. To write B, depress the crack between ___ and ___ keys with the left
middle finger.
a. W and P
b. P and W
c. R and B
d. B and R

10.To write –BL depress B and L by the ______ and ______ fingers.
a. Right middle and ring fingers
b. Left middle and ring fingers
c. Left small and ring fingers
d. Right small and ring fingers
Assessments of your answer

My dear students, if you got a score between 9-10 correctly, excellent! It

shows that you understood and remembered what we have discussed. Well done
and congratulations!

If you got correct scores between 7-8, very good! You remember most of the
thing we have discussed. Check those questions you did not answer correctly and
see why you forgot their answers.

If you’re correct answers were from 5-6 that was good. What you have
remembered were probably the ones close to your heart. I suggest that you read
again the text again and try to answer the question once more.

Finally if you got a score between 1-2, I suggest that you read the lessons
again and see where you have forgotten some details. After reading the parts where
you have met some difficulty, try to answer the test again and see if your score will
improve. Good luck!

Good bye now my dear students. I hope to see you when we do next
module.
 ANSWER KEY

Pretest/Posttest

1. C
2. A
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. D
9. B
10.A

Activity

1. K U
B
2. PW EU
L
3. PW EU
4. PW RA
S
5.
BL

Self-check

1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. F