Lower Wordsigns

Whole words written in the lower part of the cell.

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Six whole words are written in the lower part of the cell: be, enough, were, his, in and was. Here are three of them.

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, 6Means the whole word when it stands alone and does not touch punctuation that uses only lower dots.
wasdots 3, 5, 6Means the whole word when it stands alone and does not touch punctuation that uses only lower dots.
weredots 2, 3, 5, 6Means the whole word when it stands alone and does not touch punctuation that uses only lower dots.

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.

his (current)
was
were

Character 1 of 3

Write:his

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 You now know the most common one-cell contractions. Contracted braille also has initial-letter contractions, final-letter groupsigns and shortforms, which a full braille course covers next.