Braille practice: free quizzes and worksheets

A. Letters a to j

The first ten letters use only the top four dots: 1, 2, 4 and 5. Every other letter is built from them.

1. A1 ⠙
   Answer A1

   d

2. A2 ⠓
   Answer A2

   h

3. A3 ⠁
   Answer A3

   a

4. A4 ⠚
   Answer A4

   j

5. A5 ⠉
   Answer A5

   c

6. A6 ⠋
   Answer A6

   f

7. A7 ⠃
   Answer A7

   b

8. A8 ⠊
   Answer A8

   i

9. A9 ⠑
   Answer A9

   e

10. A10 ⠛
    Answer A10

    g

B. Letters k to t

The same ten shapes as a to j, each with dot 3 added: k is a plus dot 3, l is b plus dot 3, and so on to t.

1. B1 ⠏
   Answer B1

   p

2. B2 ⠍
   Answer B2

   m

3. B3 ⠗
   Answer B3

   r

4. B4 ⠅
   Answer B4

   k

5. B5 ⠞
   Answer B5

   t

6. B6 ⠟
   Answer B6

   q

7. B7 ⠝
   Answer B7

   n

8. B8 ⠎
   Answer B8

   s

9. B9 ⠇
   Answer B9

   l

10. B10 ⠕
    Answer B10

    o

C. Letters u to z

u, v, x, y and z are a to e with dots 3 and 6 added. w is the exception: braille was first made for French, which did not use w, so w was given a cell of its own later.

1. C1 ⠭
   Answer C1

   x

2. C2 ⠧
   Answer C2

   v

3. C3 ⠵
   Answer C3

   z

4. C4 ⠥
   Answer C4

   u

5. C5 ⠽
   Answer C5

   y

6. C6 ⠺
   Answer C6

   w

D. Words

12 short words, one cell per letter. Between them they use all 26 letters.

1. D1 ⠉⠁⠞
   Answer D1

   cat

2. D2 ⠙⠕⠛
   Answer D2

   dog

3. D3 ⠎⠥⠝
   Answer D3

   sun

4. D4 ⠗⠑⠙
   Answer D4

   red

5. D5 ⠋⠊⠎⠓
   Answer D5

   fish

6. D6 ⠚⠥⠍⠏
   Answer D6

   jump

7. D7 ⠍⠊⠇⠅
   Answer D7

   milk

8. D8 ⠟⠥⠊⠵
   Answer D8

   quiz

9. D9 ⠃⠕⠭
   Answer D9

   box

10. D10 ⠺⠑⠃
    Answer D10

    web

11. D11 ⠽⠑⠎
    Answer D11

    yes

12. D12 ⠧⠁⠝
    Answer D12

    van

E. Numbers

A number starts with the numeric indicator, dots 3, 4, 5 and 6. After it, the letters a to j stand for the digits 1 to 0, so 12 is the numeric indicator, then a, then b.

1. E1 ⠼⠙
   Answer E1

   4

2. E2 ⠼⠊
   Answer E2

   9

3. E3 ⠼⠁⠃
   Answer E3

   12

4. E4 ⠼⠃⠑
   Answer E4

   25

5. E5 ⠼⠋⠚
   Answer E5

   60

6. E6 ⠼⠁⠚⠚
   Answer E6

   100

7. E7 ⠼⠉⠋⠑
   Answer E7

   365

8. E8 ⠼⠃⠚⠃⠋
   Answer E8

   2026

F. Sentences

A capital letter has the capital indicator, dot 6, in front of it, and two of them put a whole word in capitals. Words are separated by a blank cell, and each punctuation mark has its own cell.

1. F1 ⠠⠊⠀⠉⠁⠝⠀⠎⠑⠑⠲
   Answer F1

   I can see.

2. F2 ⠠⠊⠎⠀⠊⠞⠀⠗⠑⠙⠦
   Answer F2

   Is it red?

3. F3 ⠠⠺⠑⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠊⠞⠖
   Answer F3

   We did it!

4. F4 ⠠⠍⠽⠀⠉⠁⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠃⠊⠛⠲
   Answer F4

   My cat is big.

5. F5 ⠠⠗⠥⠝⠂⠀⠠⠎⠁⠍⠖
   Answer F5

   Run, Sam!

6. F6 ⠠⠞⠕⠍⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠼⠃⠀⠙⠕⠛⠎⠲
   Answer F6

   Tom has 2 dogs.

7. F7 ⠠⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠠⠠⠝⠕⠞⠀⠓⠕⠞⠲
   Answer F7

   It is NOT hot.

How to practice braille reading

1. Learn the dot numbers. 1, 2 and 3 go down the left column of the cell, 4, 5 and 6 down the right. Every letter is named by its dots: h is dots 1, 2 and 5.
2. One group at a time. Start with a to j. Then k to t, which are the same shapes plus dot 3, then u to z.
3. Answer before you look. Say the letter, or write it down, and only then open the answer. A wrong guess you check teaches more than a right answer you peeked at.
4. Go back to what you miss. Keep the letters you got wrong for the next session, and mix the sets in the quiz once each one feels easy.
5. Then words and sentences. Reading whole words is where the capital and numeric indicators and punctuation start to matter.

Every cell is in the braille alphabet chart. For your own drills, type any word or sentence into the braille translator with Grade 1 selected, and for common words in both grades see braille words.