UNIT 9: LESSON 36-40
Objectives
By the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
Type words, arbitraries, phrases and sentences using initial
G, diphthong OO, initial Z, final Z, final DZ, dollar or
dollars, and cent or cents at the rate of 40 wpm.
Read and transcribe stenographic notes without hesitation.
Lesson Proper
Lesson 36: Initial G
Left hand: TKPW is the initial combination for the sound of
hard G. Examples: get, GET; goal, GOEL; guess,
GES. Write initial G with the ring and middle
fingers in home position.
New Diphthong: OO
Write AO for OO in all words spelled OO,
regardless of the pronunciation. Examples: tool,
TAOL; took, TAOK; door, DAOR.
Words
get GET too TAO
got GOT noon NAON
Gus GUS room RAOM
gas GAS cool KAOL
give GIF poor PAOR
gone GON door DAOR
guess GES cook KAOK
gave GAIF look LAOK
Arbitraries and Phrases
go G (initial) I have IF
began GAN you have UF
begin GIN we have WAOEF
begun GUN they have THEF
again GEN+ to have TOF
against GENS
Exercises
G F G L G M N Y G J V KH FR PR TH SH ST KW
I OO AU OO OI OU AU -TS -KS -LT -PT -RS -RD -TS
get give poor
got gave noon
gas too room
gone noon door
guess cool cook
go began begin begun again against
I have you have we have they have to have
I have to order again.
Will you begin the course now?
Dick has begun to pay.
Peggy should go far.
He began the business in 1960.
Ben has begun to pay too.
I began as a reporter in 1962.
You have to help again.
Lesson 37: Initial Z, Final Z, and Final DZ
Left hand: Use initial S for initial Z.
Right hand: Write final Z with the little finger. Return to
home position promptly.
Write final DZ (or -DS) with the little finger on
the crack. Return to home position promptly. -DZ
is used for the plurals of words ending in -D.
With this lesson, the presentation of the keyboard
letters and combination has been complete.
Words
zoo SAO woods WAODZ
zip SIP needs NAOEDZ
zone SOEN Liz LIZ
zoom SAOM size SAOIZ
ads ADZ jazz JAZ
odds ODZ quiz KWIZ
aids AIDZ gauze GAUZ
raids RAIDZ daze DAIZ
Arbitraries and Phrases
dozen DOZ to go TOG
Ms. MIZ will go L-G
Merchandise M-DZ can go K-G
advice VIS+ would go WOG
advise VIZ+ could go KOG
Exercises
-T -D -S -Z -N -J -X -TS -DZ -RN -RT -RS
91, 95, 85, 87, 70, 60, 55, 14, 15, 23, 25, 36, 49, 58, 69
zoo zip zone zoom ads odds aids
raids woods needs Liz jazz
quiz daze gauze size
advice advise to go will go could go Ms. Dozen
Jack will purchase 5 dozen sets.
Ms. Hart will take your advice.
I would advise to to sue.
I am about to go on a tour.
Peggy began to report in March.
The owner is against a lease.
Jerry has already begun.
Liz will go me.
Lesson 38: Writing Amounts of Money (Dollar or Dollars)
Write -D for dollar or dollars in conjunction with a number.
Write the -D in the same stroke with the number if the number is
written with the left hand. If the number is written with the
right hand, write -D in a separate stroke. Examples: $4, 4-D; $7,
7/-D; $47, 47/-D, $74, 7/4-D.
Exercises
$1, $4, $50, $23, $3, $5, $2 $7, $9, $6, $48, $37, $28
The ties are $5.
The locks are $4.
You owe us $48.
The fee is $50.
I have to pay $28.
You have to pay $69.
The bill is $50.
He says he is bored.
Lesson 39: Writing Amounts of Money (Cent or Cents)
Write -S for cent or cents in conjunction with a number.
Write the -S in the same stroke with the number if the number is
written with the left hand. If the number is written with the
right hand, write -S in a separate stroke. Examples: 4 cents, 4-
S; 7 cents, 7/-S; 47 cents, 47/-S; 74 cents, 7/4-S.
Exercises
4 cents, 50 cents, 23 cents 8 cents, 49 cents, 36 cents
A pen is 50 cents.
A pad is 25 cents.
I owe you 34 cents.
The tie is $2.
The tip is 78 cents.
Edna has 46 cents.
I did pay $48.
Esther has 28 cents.
]Lesson 40: Review – Rules of Writing
Refresh your memory by reading these Rules of Writing. Ask
yourself if you have been applying all of them.
1. Write by sound – what you HEAR: car, KAR.
2. Write a single vowel as spelled: done, DON.
3. Write the sounded vowel, when two vowels occur together:
guess, GES.
4. Write words of more than one syllable in as many strokes
as are necessary to complete the word, usually by
syllables: temper, TEM/PER.
5. Write vowel I for vowel Y at the end of a word: merry,
MER/I.
6. Write the arbitrary for that part of the word it
represents when writing a derivative or compound word:
neighborhood, NAIB/HAOD.
7. Write AU for the sound of AW in words involving the
diphthong AU or AW: saw, SAU; taught, TAUT.
8. Write AU in AL and ALL words having the sound of AW: all,
AUL; salt, SAULT.
9. Write AU in -OUGH words having the sound of AW: ought,
AUT.
10.Write OU for the sound of OW in words involving the
diphthong OU or OW: our, OUR; how, HOU.
11.Write OI for OI and OY: oil, OIL; toy, TOI.
12.Write AO for words spelled OO, regardless of sound:
door, DAOR.
13.Write AI for long A; AOI for long I; AOE for long E; AOU
for long U; and OE for long O.
