Machine

Shorthand
Lesson 10
The key letter C and The use of asterisk

Prepared by:

Caballero, Jasmin E. BBTE 4-1

New Keys:
Initial C and Final C There are two sounds of C, the hard and soft C. Initial Hard C (K) is depressed by the left ring finger below letter T. Initial Soft C (S) is depressed by the left small finger. Final C is represented by a letter combination BG. These keys are depressed by the right middle and ring fingers below home keys PL.

Examples.
To depress the initial hard C (K), the left ring finger is used.
HARD C or K

CAPE COURT KILL

K K K

A O E R

P T L

Initial Soft C (S) is depressed by the left small finger.

SOFT C or S

CITE CITY

S S

EU E E

T T

Final C is represented by a letter combination BG. These keys are depressed by the right middle and ring fingers below home keys PL.

FINAL C or BG

CAKE BIKE LEAK PICK PACK

K PW HR P P

A EU E E A

BG BG BG BG BG

Use of Asterisk 1 (*) asterisk is used for correction. 2 (**) asterisks used to indicate two paragraphs. 3 (***) asterisks used to separate letters, articles or materials.

ONE
T P R * S TPH T S U
FPLT

TWO
S ST T T S T A

E E
FLPT

* * S S S S U I A
FLPT

THREE
P A T PB T
FPLT

* * * T R S TPH S
FPLT

P EU

Exercise 1
Direction: Indicate what the use of the given symbol/word is or letter.

1. * 2. ** 3. CAKE 4. COURT 5. KILL 6. EU 7. KICK 8. CAPE 9 & 10. RBGS

Self check 1
1. The abbreviation of the word opinion is a. PB I O PB b. S U PB c. T E S d. P I PB 2. The word see is depressed using what keys? a. S I b. S E c. S E E d. S E PB 3. Final N is represented by the letter combination a. ST b. RP c. EU d. PB 4. The word news is written as? a. TPH O b. TPH EU S c. TPH d. TPH U S

5. The abbreviation TPH a. Tonight b. Right c. Sit d. Advertise

EU

T is used to represent what

word

Self Check 2
Direction: Read each transcription carefully and select the best answer in the box provided below.

Cake Computer

Kick Compare City

Ask Character

Court Success

1. S 2. S 3. 4. K 5. K A KP

K U O BG R BG A R T

ANSWER KEYS Exercise 1 1. used for correction 2. used to indicate paragraphs 3. K 4. K 5. K 6. Long I 7. K 8. K E A BG p A O E BG R L T

9 & 10. Comma (,)

Self check 1 1.D 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. A