SPEEDWRITING

MODULE 5
(LESSON 1 – 5)

28 JULY 2021

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In Superwrite, always remember how
to pronounce:

a, e, i, o, u

Punctuations
Marks of punctuation are the same
as those in longhand.

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In Superwrite, we will not write
SILENT LETTERS, in order to write
faster.

The letters that should be written are:
day, d-a see, s-e aid, a-d
save, s-a-v dough, d-o easy, e-s-y

In the word day, the y is silent.
In see, one e is silent.
In aid, the i is silent.
In save, the e is silent.
In dough, the u, the g, and the h are silent.
In easy, the a is silent.

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The following words also contain
“silent” letters.

Ex: fee - fe

say - sa

feed - fed

prize - priz

rice - ric

daisy - dasy

phone - fon

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Abbreviations

you/your - u
will - l
as/is -s

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In order to speed writing and to
avoid confusion, do cross “t”.

Ex: tea - te

eat - et

feet - fet

treat - tret

try - try

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In Superwrite, long vowel words are
considered similar to how they are
pronounced alone.

Ex:

a as in ate e as in eat and near

i as in light o as in vote

u as in hue

❖ In addition, we will consider the u in rule
and true, the y in try, and the y in easy to
be long.

rule true try easy

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Long Vowel Sounds

Ex: date - dat

feed - fed
here - her
die - di

roll - rol
true - tru
fly - fly
lazy - lazy

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Abbreviations

are, or, our - r
can - c
for - f

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Different Long Vowel
When a letter is pronounced as a
different long vowel, write that long
vowel. As in the word freight, the e-i
combination is pronounced a, written as
f-r-a-t.

Ex: freight - frat
pool - pul
move - muv

few - fu

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Short Vowels

✓DO NOT write short vowels in the
body of the words.

Ex: even - evn
lesson - lsn
center - cntr
softball - sftbl

correct - crct

written - rtn

cough - cf

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Initial Short Vowels – write the vowels
that begin the words.

Ex: add - ad
earn - ern
if - if
object - objct
ought - ot

us - us

oven - ovn
honor - onr

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Final Short Vowels - write the
vowels that end the words.
Ex: data – data
era - era
saw - sa
law - la

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Abbreviations

at, it, to -t
has, have -h
very -v
do -d

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SH is written as capital “S” in
Superwrite.

Ex: shoe - Su
issue - iSu
sugar - Sgr
cash - cS
official - ofSl
special - spSl

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CH is written as capital “C” in
Superwrite.

Ex: chief - Cef
reach - reC
teacher - teCr
bleacher - bleCr

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Words ending –ing are written as

disjoined “g”.

Ex: growing - gro g
keeping - kep g
writing - rit g
agreeing - agre g
knowing - no g

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Adding “s” to a word – write “s”.

Ex: plays - plas
prices - prics
feels - fels
dramas - drmas
laws - las

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Abbreviations:

we - e
which - C
soon - sn

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Personal Titles – personal titles are
written in Superwrite the same as
they are in longhand, but the period
is omitted.

Ex: Mr. - Mr
Mrs. - Mrs
Miss - DMrs
Dr. -

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Names – a name is written in full in
longhand the first time it is used.
Only the first letter is written when the
name occurs again in the same document.

Ex: Mr. Jamil spoke to our club.
Mr Jamil spok t r clb.

Did you meet Mr. Jamil?

dd u met Mr J?

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TH is written as “th”

Ex: these - thes

them - thm

both - both

bathe - bath
bother - bthr
tooth - tuth
bath - bth

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Abbreviations th
n
the -
and, in -

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SfoarlustaaltuitoantsioannsdaCnldoscilnogssin–gtshies first letter
lower case. written in

Dear - d
lng
Ladies and Gentlemen - ut
Yours truly - vsu
Very sincerely yours -

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 Geographic names – the names of cities are If
written in full the first time they are used.
occurs again, write only the first letter for
the cities.

 The names of states and countries should be
abbreviated the first time they are used.

Ex: He plays for the Northern team
in Kangar, Perlis.

he plas f t Northern tem n
Kangar, Ps.

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 https://www.englishbix.com/oo-sound-
phonics-words/

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 Long oo phonics words

Ex: food - fud
cool - cul
tool - tul
pool - pul

proof - pruf

mood - mud

broom - brum

drool - drul

groom - grum

moon - mun

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 Short oo phonics words list

Ex: book - bk
cook - ck
hook - hk
look - lk
hood - hd
stood - std
wood - wd
foot - ft
wool - wl

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