Seomra Ranga 2016 wwwseomrarangacom PANGRAMS Seomra Ranga 2016 wwwseomrarangacom A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once Seomra Ranga ID: 772637
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© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com PANGRAMS
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com The word pangram comes from the Greek for “ all letters ”. (pan = All; grámma = Letter)
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com A person that studies pangrams is known as a Pangramist .
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Pangramists are always searching for the “ perfect pangram ” – a sentence with only 26 letters.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Most “ perfect pangrams ” don’t really make sense – they are usually just a collection of words.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com An example of a “perfect pangram” is: “ Mr . Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx ”.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Another is: “ Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q ”.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com A “ typographer ” is a person who works on setting and arranging fonts for typing and printing.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Typographers like pangrams as they show an example of what every letter will look like in a new font.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Typing Tutors also like pangrams as they require students to use every letter on the keyboard.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com The following pages contain lots more examples of pangrams of varying length.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Quick wafting zephyrs vex bold Jim.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Jackdaws love my sphinx of black quartz.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com The five boxing wizards jumped quickly.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Five big quacking zephyrs jolt my wax bed.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy d og.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Sphinx of black quartz: judge my vow.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Jump by vow of quick, lazy strength in Oxford.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex bud.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Crazy Fredrick bought many very exquisite opal jewels.
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Now see if you can create a good pangram of your own by following these basic rules :
© Seomra Ranga 2016 www.seomraranga.com Rules 1. It is as short as possible. 2. It makes sense