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Braille Course

Lower Wordsigns

Standalone words written in the lower cell.

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A few whole words are written entirely in the lower cell: his, was, and were. Standing alone, each is a single cell.

These round out the core contractions you need to start reading real Grade 2 text.

  • hisdots 2 3 6
  • wasdots 3 5 6
  • weredots 2 3 5 6

Write It Yourself

Braille is read by touch and written dot by dot. Recreate each character below in the writer — the best way to make it stick.

  1. his — current
  2. was
  3. were

Character 1 of 3

Write:his

Keys F D S and J K L (or 16) raise dots · Enter checks

Keep Practicing — Contraction Sprint

Finish writing the characters above, then this practice activity will help it stick.

Tip You now know contractions from every major family — wordsigns, groupsigns, upper and lower.