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Lesson 18

The Letter q

The letter q: 1 light up and on over the top; 2 back on the same line, dark, round the bottom; 3 up to the top of the band; 4 down the same line and on, straight down below the line, curving round backwards at the bottom; 5 light, up the other side, gently touching the back of the letter on the line, and away

Now we come to the letter q. The letter q is in the same family as the letters c, a and e, and we start off as though we were making a letter a. So our line goes up, it curves, and then we come back, we go under, and we go straight up and straight down. So far, so good. If we were to stop at the line, we would have made an a. But we don't stop there. We go straight down. But unlike the g, we do our curve backwards. And we curve up light. We gently touch the back of the letter, just where the a would touch the line. And then we flick up for our connecting stroke. And that is the letter q.

Worksheet 24

Worksheet 24: seven ruled lines, each with one q at the start to copy
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Cursive — Igbo — Part One: The Small Letters · Evan Millner · Published by Abecedaria Press