Solutions to Lesson 5: Learning P/B, F/V, and Sh/Ch/J in Gregg Shorthand

Unlocking the Downward Strokes

Welcome back to the Learn Gregg Shorthand project! Just getting started with Gregg Shorthand? Check out the Archive and begin with Lesson 0.

Review Drills

Before diving in, take a moment to review these forms by reading them aloud.

Like, could, without, great, was, my, did-date,

other, will be, he will not, I would, they are, they will,

I could not, in this, of those.

P and B in Shorthand

Put, pay, paper, camp, map, pair, trip, happen, pretty.

Be-by-but, bay, bare, bail, brain, blame, back, beat, bury.

F and V in Shorthand

For, fare, affair, fame, fear, feel, if, factory, free.

Have, heavy, leave, relieve, victory, even, valley.

Sh, Ch, and J in Shorthand

Shall-ship, cash, shade, dash, shame, mash, sharp, finish, shell.

Change-which, check, catch, chain, match, cheap, peach, chief, fetch.

Age, edge, jail, jelly, page, range, ledge, bridge.

New Brief Forms Unlocked

One, after, people, about, most, form-from, been-bound, very,

before, much, never, should, over, ever, every, Dear Madam, Very truly yours, Yours very truly.

(Note: “over” is written with the shorthand long ō, above the line of writing)

Homework:

Getting Ready For the Fair (317 words) + Bonus Letters:

There is about a month left before fair time in the valley and every lady in the country is getting ready for it.