Solutions to Lesson 12: New Brief Forms in Gregg Shorthand + Extra Reading Practice

Solutions to reading homework: "HOBBIES"

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Let’s check our work from yesterday’s assignment.

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Reviewing the forms from previous lessons:

Translate the following:

Low, blow, toe, notion, obey, known, loan,

brought, abroad, ball, draw, salt, talk, top,

spot, lot, block, solid, sorry.

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New Brief Forms Unlocked:

Want, went, told, order, small, upon, glad-girl, doctor-during,

believe-belief, possible, purpose, receive, call, situation, course, general, several, state.

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See if you can translate the following derivatives of the above brief forms:

Want, wanted, wants, wanting, order, orders, ordered, ordering,

glad, gladden, gladness, believe, believes, believed, believing,

receive, receives, received, receiving, call, calls, calling, called, recall,

situation, situations, course, courses, state, states, stating, stated, estate.

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Extra Phrasing Practice:

I believe, I cannot believe, I receive, I received, he receives, he received, they receive, they received, I have received,

upon the, upon that, upon this, upon these, upon those, upon them, I told, he told, told you,

told me, I told you, he told me, I have told, several times, several days.

Reading Homework Translated:

“HOBBIES” (623 standard words)

Everyone believes, in general, that games and hobbies are a needed change from any job, and are an aid to the system.