a) Punctuation
b) Braille Transcription

a) Braille Punctuation

Punctuation in Braille serves the same purpose as in print.

Common Braille Punctuation Marks
Period (.): dots 2-5-6
Example: I go to school. 
⠊⠀⠛⠕⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠉⠓⠕⠕⠇⠲

Question mark (?): dots 2-3-6
Example: What is your name?
⠺⠓⠁⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠽⠕⠥⠗⠀⠝⠁⠍⠑⠦

Exclamation mark (!): dots 2-3-5
Example: Wow!. Wonderful scenery.
⠺⠕⠺⠖⠲⠀⠺⠕⠝⠙⠑⠗⠋⠥⠇⠀⠎⠉⠑⠝⠑⠗⠽⠲

Semicolon (;): dots 2-3
Example: I have test tomorrow; I need to study
⠊⠀⠓⠁⠧⠑⠀⠞⠑⠎⠞⠀⠞⠕⠍⠕⠗⠗⠕⠺⠆⠀⠊⠀⠝⠑⠑⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠎⠞⠥⠙⠽

Colon (:): dots 2-5
Example: He said:  I am ok.
⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠊⠙⠒⠀⠀⠊⠀⠁⠍⠀⠕⠅⠲

b) Type following into Braille Transcript using contraction

Exercise 1
He did decide.
I hide a bad face.
He has apples, oranges, books, bats.
Mike took a big package home.
I may visit my nephew on my way home.
I am rather afraid he is too lazy. 
All I can say is you will have fun if you go.

Exercise 2
I am fond of a cup of tea with a bun; with the bun you can give me a piece of cake.
I like my coffee black, but other people do not!
Does Jack have a brand new Ford? Do not go for the theatre tickets until I tell you.
Church achieve check cheque cheek childhood
This’ll surely meet with my big brother’s approval!
The town sorely needed civic progress:
One my early ramble the other morning I stood still admiring a lark start up with a joyous outburst.

Exercise 3
I disagree utterly, because I do not consider that he disobeyed orders.
How he learnt this fact and cleared out the stuff.
I heard men’s and women’s voices raised behind it.
I can’t imagine what you were doing.
We were all in a group on the platform.
Then the train came in: it was almost twenty minutes behind schedule.
We were to go to the office to attend an important meeting.

Exercise 4
Father likes to take the children to school on that day – Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Times, time-table, double summer-time
If we could get to know it, and on any other points that should come to light hereafter.
We hope that the party will be a big surprise for Grandfather.
The next thing to settle was where the play ought to be staged.
The young people, intent upon the task of learning the words which fell under the parts assigned to them.
How many guests will there be at their party?
Those days were filled with happiness for both of them.

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