Can't type symbols

Hello, everyone. I hope anyone can help me. I got an iMac for Christmas, so I'm still very new to this. I am from Lithuania and I have turned on lithuanian language. But when I turn it on, I can't type symbols like ! @ £ $ % ^ & * ( ). If I need to type one of those symbols, I have to change my language to british. On other computers you can hold Shift+Alt and then you can type those symbols, but on iMac I get these symbols when I do that: ŕ Ř ‹ › ř Ŗ ŗ °. Maybe anyone knows how I can type first symbols using lithuanian?

Use Keyboard Viewer to see everything which can be made via Shift, Option, and Option + Shift.
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-using-the-keyboard-viewer
Where did you get your Mac? If it does not have a key between the z and the shift, it's possible some characters will be a problem with the Lithuanian layout.

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