Lower Groupsigns

Contractions written in the lower part of the cell.

Learn

Lower groupsigns sit in the lower part of the cell, never using the top row. “be,” “con,” and “dis” stand for those letters at the beginning of a word; “en” and “in” can appear anywhere in a word.

Because they leave the top row empty, they’re easy to tell apart from the letter shapes you already know.

bedots 2, 3Only at the beginning of a word, followed by more letters.
condots 2, 5Only at the beginning of a word, followed by more letters.
disdots 2, 5, 6Only at the beginning of a word, followed by more letters.
endots 2, 6Used anywhere in a word.
indots 3, 5Used anywhere in a word.

Your Turn

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.

be (current)
con
dis
en
in

Character 1 of 5

Write:be

Keys F D S and J K L (or 1–6) raise dots · Enter checks

Practice

Keep Practicing: Contraction Sprint

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

Tip Lower-cell shapes are the same as some punctuation marks. Context tells the reader which is meant.