Chapter I: Part 1

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THE ALBERTA
PUBLIC SCHOOL SPELLER

_Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta._

TORONTO
THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED

CONTENTS.

PAGES
Standard I, Grades 1 and 2 1-25

Review of Hard Words 26-30

Standard II, Grade 3 31-54

Review of Hard Words 55-58

Standard III, Junior, Grade 4 59-82

Rules for Spelling 83

Review of Hard Words 84-87

Words Often Mispronounced 88

Standard III, Senior, Grade 5 89-112

Review of Hard Words 113-116

Standard IV, Junior, Grade 6 117-139

Review of Hard Words 140-143

Words Often Mispronounced 144

Standard IV, Senior, Grade 7 145-164

Review of Hard Words 165-167

Small Words 168

Standard V, Junior, Grade 8 169-188

Review of Hard Words 189-191

Rules for Syllabication and Spelling 192

Public School Leaving 193-197

Small Words 198

The Building of English Words 199-200

Prefixes 200-203

Suffixes 203-210

English Root Words and Derivatives 210-212

Latin Words and Derivatives 213-226

Greek Root Words and Derivatives 227-230

Words, Phrases and Noteworthy Sayings 231-236

Abbreviations and Contractions in common use 237-242

CHIEF FEATURES.

=1. Choice of Words.= There has been a careful selection of those
words best suited for the various grades or years in school.

=2. Grouping of Words.= These words have been so grouped as to
favor their being taught economically, and to impress upon the
pupil that spelling rests largely upon a basis of law and order.
In the earlier grades the sequence of lessons gives an orderly
development of phonic forms; by this arrangement spelling and
phonic reading can be made mutually helpful.

=3. Dictation Exercises.= These are so constructed as to give in
the briefest space an adequate test of the words taught. They
should be supplemented by sentences constructed by the pupil,
embodying the new and difficult words he is learning.

=4. Reviews.= There are regular reviews at short intervals. Many
of the hardest words appear several times, but with some change
of context. At the end of each year's work there is given in
alphabetical order a list of the most difficult words used therein.

=5. Seat Exercises.= These exercises are intended to lead the pupil
to make lists of words having a phonic element in common, to show
how words are built up, and, later, to give practice in derivation.

=6. Homonyms.= There has been a systematic use of these throughout
the book, but in the junior grades they are not given together,
in order to prevent the confusion that often results from such a
practice.

=7. Spelling Rules.= There are numerous and varied exercises to
lead, inductively, to a knowledge of the most useful rules for
spelling.

=8. Authority.= The authority usually followed for spelling and
pronunciation is THE CONCISE IMPERIAL DICTIONARY. The pupil should
be taught the system of diacritical marks employed therein.

THE ALBERTA

PUBLIC SCHOOL SPELLER.

STANDARD I.

GRADES 1 AND 2.

back
pack
black
Jack
crack
track
see
whip
give
they
bring
horse
cry
were
ducks

SEAT WORK.--Put h, l, s, t, r, sm, st, sl, wh, qu, with --ack

DICTATION.--See Jack on a black hack. Crack the whip, Jack, and give the horse a whack. Bring back a sack of bran. Ducks cry quack. A pack of dogs ran to the hay stack. They were on the track of a black fox. Give me a tack to fix the rack. Bring back the ducks. See Jack whip the black horse. The dogs track the fox.

neck
check
wreck
kick
chick
quick
very
two
house
peas
there
where
yes
play
ship

SEAT WORK.--With --eck put b, p, d, fl, sp; and with --ick put l,
p, s, t, w, br, sl, st, th, tr.

DICTATION.--The wick is very thick. Pick two pecks of peas. Be quick. Where is the brick house? There is a speck of red on the chick. Is Jack sick? Yes, Dick hit him with a stick. Play no bad tricks. The ship was a wreck. See the horse kick. The hen has two chicks. There are two black dogs. Give me a thick stick.

rock
clock
crock
duck
cluck
stuck
boy
toy
girl
new
much
warm
key
little
baby

SEAT WORK.--Put l, d, m, s, bl, fl, sh, st, fr, with --ock; and l,
b, s, t, pl, tr, str, with --uck.

DICTATION.--Hens cluck but ducks quack. That boy has much pluck. The clock struck two. The key stuck in the lock. That little girl has a new frock. Tuck baby up warm. I got a toy ship in my sock. A crock of peas. See the flock of ducks by the rock. There is the little baby. Bring me a black frock.

NOTE.--Pupils should use the words in the lists and exercises in
sentences of their own.

and
sand
grand
hang
sang
sprang
hear
near
church
one
none
done
drum
upon
write

With --and put b, h, l, s; and with --ang put r, b, g, cl, sl.
Copy,--I see her. She sees us. We see you.

Hear the band play. One man bangs the drum. The two boys are in the grand stand. Hang the key near the clock. That girl sang in church. Has Jack done one sum? No, he has none yet. Write clang and slang in ink. Were you near the new church? Dick sprang upon a black horse. I hear baby cry.

king
bring
thing
song
wrong
strong
you
your
wasp
over
fence
mitts
tie
door
bell

Write r, fl, cl, spr, sl, st, str, sw, with --ing; put u for i in
the words in --ing. Copy,--Is that you? Is that he?

Can you spring over that fence? The wasp may sting you. Were your sums wrong? Yes, all but one. There is a crack in the crock. Bring a strong string to tie it. Fling me the keys. The swing is long and strong. Wet mitts cling to your hands. Ring the door bell. She flung the peas over the door.

6 (REVIEW)

gives
lives
were
one
once
fence
boy
toy
joy
fix
six
mix
such
much
church

Tom lives in a red brick house. Once there was a little black boy. He sang six songs for the king. Pick up your toys. Fix the fence near the church. It gives such joy to hear you sing. Do not mix sand and bran. Where were your mitts? It is wrong to whack your horse so. I see six stacks of hay. Can Jack write? Give me the ink. I have none.

ash
cash
crash
dish
fish
wish
water
snap
have
more
like
pony
finger
knife
words

Put l, s, h, m, r, cl, tr, thr, spl, with --ash.

See the fish splash in the water. The dish fell with a crash. How much cash have you? Do you wish a little more hash? Snap the new whip lash. My horse ran like a flash. It is wrong to thrash your pony so. The jack-knife cut a gash in my finger. Write two more words. Where is your new knife?

fresh
flesh
thresh
hush
rush
thrush
pork
sweet
blood
rye
nose
road
sofa
worm
Mary

Write words like hog with d, l, f, b, j, fl, fr; as, dog. Put g, m,
fl, sl, br, with --ush. Copy,--It is I. It is she. It is we.

Pork is the flesh of hogs. We thresh rye and peas. Hear the sweet song of the thrush. Is there much slush on the road? See the blood gush from his nose. See Mary blush! Stop, you may crush the worm. Brush the plush sofa. Frogs live in fresh water. Do not flog your pony. See Dick write.

lass
mass
bass
glass
less
mess
Bess
bless
hiss
miss
kiss
bliss
loss
moss
boss
gloss
fuss
muss
buss
truss

Put p, gr, br, cl, with --ass; and t, fl, cr, acr, with --oss.

Give the horses less grass. There is a brass lock. Jack got six black bass. Pack the moss in a glass box. Do not muss your new dress. You may kiss baby once. Floss has much gloss. Is Miss Bess very cross? Toss the sack across your back. Less fuss in class! Is there much glass in that door?

fast
last
past
best
nest
chest
blue
birds
year
said
mice
John
coat
half
great

With --est put r, l, j, p, t, v, w; and with --rap put t, st, w,
sc. Add --s to whip, duck, horse, boy, word.

Two blue birds had a nest there last year. Brush your best coat and vest. Lock fast the chest. John said that in jest. Mice are a great pest. The church is west from your house. I got two mice in a trap. Run fast, it is half-past six. He said you were at church. My new coat is blue. One is the half of two.

fist
twist
wrist
dust
trust
crust
wind
make
copy
our
about
books
apple
papa
mamma

Write c, l, t, fr, with --ost; and m, j, b, g, r, thr, with --ust.
Copy,--Is it they? That was I. Is it she?

A gust of wind makes much dust fly. Copy a list of your best books. That apple pie has a thick crust. Mamma, see the frost on the grass. Twist a string about your wrist. I must have just one more apple. Papa trusts me with our pony. How much did your coat cost? They lost two little dogs near the church.

12 (REVIEW)

about
swing
water
said
where
none
much
smash
pony
gives
great
wrong
clock
fence
thrash
apple
mitts
worm
crust
little
year
quick
peas
finger
once
knife
were
church
half
sweet

Put y, ag, at, ax, ing, ash, ock, eck, op, og, with fl--. With n,
h, r, sh, sp, tr, bl, pl, make words in --ot.

Give Mary more sweet peas. Where was your knife? He said much about the apples. Water my pony.

slant
plant
chant
bent
sent
spent
storm
praise
week
four
what
shop
buy
pair
some

Put c, h, l, y, with --ard; and b, d, m, h, p, l, sp, sh with
--ark. Copy and fill in,--My name is -- --. I am -- years old.

The storm bent the plant. It slants very much. In church we chant the praise of God. John sent for four socks. The dogs bark in your yard. What is the rent of your shop? We sent you some apples. Buy a pair of pants. He spent a week in a tent. John got much praise.

hint
flint
print
hunt
grunt
blunt
wolf
plums
story
next
axe
says
noise
river
candy

Write words in --ift with g, l, s, sh, sw, dr. Put a letter with
--lip, --pit, --ring, --wing, --rock. Copy,--Yes, sir, I saw you.

Some men hunt a wolf. Hear the pig grunt. This axe is very blunt. Will you print our next story? Jack says that apple is hard as flint. Give him a hint to make less noise. I got a gift of candy and plums. Can we cross that swift river in a punt? Yes, but you may drift upon a rock. She says the wolf got over the river.

damp
scamp
tramp
bump
thump
stump
lazy
idle
five
work
cent
table
camel
beside
Henry

Change one letter in fl_e_sh, ch_e_ck, _g_ive, _p_ick, cr_u_sh,
gl_o_ss. With --ip put l, sl, sh, sk, ch, dr, tr, str, h, wh.

Lazy tramps will not work. A camel has one or two humps. Pump some water. Make your pony jump over that stump. Buy a two-cent stamp. Henry is an idle scamp. Camp beside the river. Last week I had the mumps. We have five lamps. Baby thumps upon the table. Give me one cent for candy.

16 (Doubled Letters)

add
odd
Ann
bee
see
egg
all
ill
off
shoo
purr
buzz
any
many
three
even
happy
busy

Put h, j, sh, cl, sl, cr, sw, with --am. Change the marked letter
in w_o_rm, _w_ent, _d_one, bl_o_ck, n_e_ck, _f_ling, _g_ash,
cr_u_sh.

Ann is very ill. Add two and four. Hear the bee buzz. Shoo off any ducks. Many boys play odd or even. See me jump off the pony. Cats purr if they are happy. The busy bee works all the day. Buy some eggs and four black bass. The three fish swam off. Is three odd or even? How many apples in the sack? There are none. Was Henry busy last week? Were there many plums on the tree?

bank
drank
prank
bunk
drunk
trunk
eye
again
sleep
sailor
often
pear
iron
coal
orange

Put dr, w, p, m, l, bl, th, s, r, br, shr, with --ink; and t, bl,
pl, sp, dr, cr, Fr, with --ank. Copy,--Was it she?

Frank writes in ink on a copy book. Wink your eye again. The iron trunk sank in the water. Sailors often sleep in bunks. I think that plank is strong. Thank mamma for the orange and pear. Do not drink much tea. Give Dick a chunk of coal. I trust he is busy with his sums. He says he often sees the sailor.

18 (REVIEW)

blue
eye
lazy
crazy
work
word
cent
says
again
iron
often
soften
buy
knife
writes
wrong
many
pear
camel
orange

Papa gives me four cents to buy two pears. He says your eyes are blue. That idle tramp is not crazy. Write the new words often. Soften the crust in your tea. Iron my collar again. It was wrong to cut the table with your jack-knife. Bees are not lazy. How many oranges can one buy for five cents? Some camels are swift. Jack said he once had a little black pony. How many eyes have two camels?

catch
patch
snatch
Dutch
clutch
crutch
uses
please
rabbit
sew
lady
wears
Scotch
watch
Helen

Put c, d, f, p, t, with --ry; add --ing to each, as cry, crying.
Make new words in --atch with b, h, l, m, sn, th.

Some hens hatch eight eggs. Please sew a patch on my silk skirt. The Scotch boy uses a crutch. Use an iron latch. That Dutch lady wears a gold watch. Scratch the match again. Rabbits live in a hutch. Catch the ball, Helen. Baby may clutch your toys.

ditch
witch
switch
fetch
sketch
stretch
scarf
mouth
wide
open
afraid
dirty
herd
oxen
who

Make new words with --itch and h, p, st. Add --s to lock, key,
neck, king, worm, song, wrist, flag, crock, toy.

Fetch me a strong switch. Please stitch my silk scarf. Stretch your mouth wide open. Is there such a thing as a witch? I am not afraid of any. The ditch was half full of dirty water. Can you sketch that herd of oxen? Who are you? Are you afraid?

ball
call
all
fall
gall
hall
stall
small
tall
wall
bell
yell
dell
fell
sell
shell
spell
smell
tell
well
bill
kill
still
fill
gill
hill
mill
pill
till
will
doll
collar
dollar
folly
jolly
holly
Molly
Polly
loll
dolly
gull
cull
dull
sully
gully
hull
mull
null
lull
skull
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten

Add --y to dirt, dust, sleep, luck, hand, puss, wind.

arch
march
starch
birch
perch
torch
along
chop
robin
larch
porch
quickly
does
such
pinch

For b in bench or bunch put Fr, h, l, w, p, st, tr. Make words in
--ig with b, f, g, j, p, r, w, tw.

March along quickly to church. Chop off a branch of birch or larch. Does the robin perch on your porch? Ask for a small pinch of starch. Write again in French for a torch. Which do you like best, bass or perch? Does Helen drink water at lunch? That worm is an inch or two long. Three and five are eight.

talk
walk
chalk
kept
wept
slept
board
knees
Lucy
floor
next
hurt
aunt
uncle
flower

Add --es to box, fox, watch, church, dish, wish, glass, brush,
class, ditch, patch. Copy,--Mr. John Smith; Mrs. Ellen Jones.

Write on the board with chalk. Baby crept on hands and knees. Next year she will walk and talk. Aunt Lucy wept when you were hurt. How many flowers on that stalk? I slept till half-past eight. I kept the candy uncle sent me. She swept the floor. A gully is a ditch made by water. Buy some collars.

stiff
skiff
cliff
cuff
puff
snuff
high
good
smoke
soft
cloth
cheeks
fur
calf
paper

Write all the words that you can make from 'carpet,' 'blacken,'
'holiday.' With --ask put c, m, t, fl.

Iron my cuffs and collars stiff. Uncle uses snuff. Puff out your cheeks. She lost her fur muff. Papa has a good skiff. See the whiff of smoke. Stuff paper or soft cloth into the hole. The calf fell from a high cliff. John makes eight or nine dollars a week.

25 (REVIEW)

catch
please
does
crept
fetch
aunt
uncle
flower
praise
quickly
knife
knees
robin
rabbit
happy
chalk
calf
next
high
table
Helen
eight
said
week
board

Add --ing to buy, work, pull, fall, wink, sleep, bring, ask.

Please, uncle, buy me a pair of rabbits. Which is your knife? Does John write quickly? Watch the robin fetch four worms. Aunt Helen is happy. Next week I shall be eight. Please catch the calf. He crept on his knees to the high table. He said much in praise of flowers. Put chalk on the board.

hung
stung
swung
belt
melt
dwelt
lion
gate
swamp
front
lace
shoe
skate
shelf
silver

Put with --ung s, b, r, cl, fl, sl, spr, str; with --elt, put f,
kn, p, sp. Write a or i for u in the words in --ung.

Some bees stung a great lion. Papa swung me high on the gate. They dwelt near a swamp. John hung his belt in the front hall. He knelt to lace his shoe. He slung his skates upon the shelf. Can you melt silver? Have you strung the glass balls on that string? Ring the bell at the front door, please.

bind
blind
grind
born
horn
thorn
come
waist
melon
grist
wrist
blow
oats
both
Canada

With --ind put f, h, k, m, r, w, bl; with --ond f, b, p. Add --ed
to walk, fix, play, rock, melt, puff, wish, pelt.

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. A sharp thorn stuck in my wrist. Is he blind in both eyes? The grist mill grinds corn and oats. Is he fond of melon rind? Were you born in Canada? Wind a cord about your waist. Mind what papa says. Can you find my copy book? The waist of my new dress is black. Canada gets much praise for her apples.

paw
jaw
straw
awl
shawl
crawl
lawn
dawn
drawn
down
gown
clown
brown
drown
frown
owl
fowl
growl

Make words in --aw with l, c, h, p, r, s, t, cl, sh, dr, cr, th;
and in --ow with b, c, h, m, n, r, s, sc, br.

Lucy buys a brown shawl. Worms crawl across the lawn. Dogs howl and growl. Down town I saw a new gown. Use an awl to sew my shoe. The clown may drown there. Puss has four paws with strong claws. The scow was drawn to the mill and sawn. Do not frown or look cross. I hear the fowl at dawn.

drew
grew
screw
few
blew
flew
die
lie
tie
cabin
under
before
tiger
boat
sister
father
mother
brother

Put d, h, J, m, n, p, ch, sl, st, with --ew; and b, st, c, th, with
--rew. Add --er to work, talk, farm, bank, fish, thresh.

He threw the screws under the cabin. The Jew slew a tiger. The storm blew and the good boat flew. Yet few of her crew were lost. The calf chews straw. I have a father and mother, two brothers and three sisters. Tie your shoe before you lie down. Brew the tea. Is your father a farmer? Henry is a great talker.

tree
free
three
feed
weed
bleed
seed
steed
tweed
hitch
buggy
against
sure
began
among
beef
broth
soup

With --ee put b, f, s, w, th, kn. Add --ing to feed, seed, buy,
try, work, hear, talk, see, add.

Hitch the steed to the buggy. Buy a tweed coat. He hurt his knee against a tree. It began to bleed. Feed the horse half a peck of oats. Make sure there are no weeds among the seeds. Fetch some beef broth or soup. The blue-bird has a nest with four wee eggs. Are you sure you write and spell well?

31 (REVIEW)

boat
wrist
melon
tweed
quickly
soup
slew
waist
chews
growl
Lucy
shawl
dwelt
swamp
scratch
come
knelt
cabin
Canada
buggy
lion
tiger
sprang
among
against

The lion sprang upon the tiger and quickly slew him. The cabin of the boat was full of melons. Lucy wears a tweed belt about her waist. Dogs growl in the swamp. There comes our buggy. I knelt upon the shawl. He dwelt in Canada. Fetch some soup. I scratch my wrist against a tree. Chew the beef well.

eel
heel
wheel
cool
spool
school
after
carpet
summer
made
swells
lemons
jerk
away
chums

Make new words in --eel with f, p, st, kn; in --ool with f, p, t,
st. With --eek put m, s, w, ch, sl, cr. Cows cry moo.

See the eel swim after the perch. Our school is kept too cool in summer. Kneel on the thick carpet. Does Henry use a swift wheel? There are seven days in one week. The lump on my heel feels soft. Jerk away the stool. Mamma sent me to buy lemon peel. Our best tools are made of steel. A spool of silk sells for nine cents. Do not try to fool your chums. How sleek our pony looks. It is too cold to swim in the creek.

keep
weep
creep
hoop
droop
stoop
pussy
softly
twelve
yarn
hawk
farmers
roof
along
scrub

With --eep put d, p, sh, sl, st, sw. Put --oop with c, l, sc, sl,
sw. Add --ing to such of these as you can.

Some boys keep watch over the sheep. I did not sleep till twelve o'clock. Pussy creeps softly to catch the mice. Stoop down and scoop up the pool of water. Please tie a loop in this yarn. Farmers often keep fowl in a coop. Then the hawk cannot swoop down upon them. The roof is too steep. Why do the flowers droop? Scrub the front stoop. Were you weeping just now? Roll your hoop along the road.

beet
sweet
street
boot
root
shoot
those
sugar
target
under
train
worth
visit
snow
winter

With --eet put f, m, fl, gr, sh, sl; with --oot put h, t, sc. Put
another o in drop, stop, hot, shot, hop; as, --drop, droop.

In some beets there is much sugar. Shoot at a target, not at birds. How much are those boots worth? We sleep under a cool sheet. Meet your aunt at the train and greet her kindly. How many feet have four horses? Snow and sleet come in winter. Owls hoot. John toots on his new horn. The boys scoot down the street. Will you visit us again? The fleet will meet next week. Some roots are sweet.

beer
deer
steer
room
bloom
broom
clean
better
young
gone
being
birthday
sun
lily
bigger

Put ch, qu, sn, with --eer; and b, d, l, gl, gr, with --oom. Make
new words in --oon with c, l, m, n, s, sp.

A new broom sweeps clean. Sun and water make the lily bloom. Tea is better than beer. Many deer live in Canada. Steers are young oxen. Three cheers for our school. Booms keep logs from being lost. He has gone to groom the pony. Tweed cloth is made in a loom. Is the moon bigger than the sun? What a queer bird the loon is. Uncle gave me a silver spoon on my birthday. Some deer feed on lily roots. Too large or too small.

breeze
freeze
sneeze
goose
loose
moose
plump
burst
bottle
search
proof
apron
wrap
north
queen

Make words in --een with k, s, gr, qu; in --oof with h, r, pr. Put
ee for oo in tooth, pool, goose, soon, sloop, boot.

The moose scoops away the snow in search of food. Feel how plump that goose is. If the soup freeze it will burst the bottle. Her apron is too loose. Brush your teeth often. Have you seen the queen? Green plants need much water. We feed beets to a calf. The moose has a big hoof. The keen north breeze makes me sneeze. Wrap up the shawl. What proof can you give that he was wrong?

37 (REVIEW)

lily
softly
lemon
sneeze
search
proof
wheel
scoop
worth
queen
wrap
hawk
apron
visit
twelve
pussy
queer
burst
bottle
school
loose
sugar
plump
young
birthday

Is your wheel worth much? Hawks fly in search of young chickens. My brother will be twelve on his next birthday. How softly pussy creeps along. Wrap the lemons in your apron. The queen often visits schools. Where did you buy that queer bottle? That lily is in full bloom. Scoop up the sugar. He threw the trunk and it burst open. What makes you sneeze? Tack down the loose carpet. Plump cheeks. Give proof of being good.

beech
speech
screech
sleeve
fleece
cheese
elm
torn
burnt
Francis
touch
swarm
mews
smart
needle

To cr-- add ept, ied, ops, oss, ock, awl, ack, ib. Write all the
words you can from the letters in 'catching,' 'dreamed.'

Elm and beech trees grew about our school. The sleeve of my coat is torn. Francis burnt his heel; then he began to screech. Do not touch the cheese. The swarm of bees flew into an apple tree. He made a speech about cheese. Let us search for beech nuts. Sew a patch on your sleeve. Where is the needle? We need the fleeces of many sheep. John seems such a smart boy. The gray cat mews.

book
shook
brook
wood
hood
stood
lamb
comb
climb
soot
split
barrel
cosy
dinner
Friday

Make new words in --ook with c, h, l, n, r, t, cr. To cl-- add am,
ap, ock, uck, ub, ing, ip, ean, ear.

John sawed and split the wood. Throw the soot into a barrel. What a cosy nook this is. Can you climb a high beech tree? See the crook in the stick uncle uses. Cook a lamb chop. Men comb wool and flax. I lost two fish hooks in the brook. The lamb cannot climb over that rock. My new hood is made from Scotch wool. Mamma cooks dinner on Friday. She took a look at my story book. He uses a black comb.

paid
maid
braid
gain
pain
grain
eleven
thirteen
fifteen
Abel
raise
honest
basin
truth
always

With --ain put C, l, m, r, v, ch, pl, sl, st, br, dr, tr, spr, str.
Add --teen to four, six, seven, eight, nine. (Note eighteen.)

I paid eleven cents for braid. If sold for thirteen cents find the gain. Did you sprain your wrist? Yes, and it gives great pain. Abel was slain by his brother Cain. The maid has lain down. Wait till I raise the chest. The grain needs much rain. Strain the soup into a basin. Honest work is not done in vain. Always tell the plain truth. The iron chain has fifteen links. The main thing is not to be afraid of work.

fail
jail
snail
air
stair
fairy
clerk
nobody
month
twenty
thirty
forty
July
April
cruel

Make new words in --ail with b, h, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, fl, fr, tr.
Add --y to sh, sk, th, fl, sl, sp, st, dr, cr, fr, tr, spr.

A steel rail was loose. The mail train ran off, nobody was hurt. Bail out your sail boat. The snail crawls under the pail. Were you afraid of a fairy? Flails were used to thresh grain. The maid with fair hair fell down stairs. The clerk was sent to jail for twenty days. Uncle is paid forty dollars a month. Fix that frail chair with a strong nail. April has thirty days, July thirty-one. It was cruel to cut off the tail of that dog.

died
lied
cried
hoe
foe
toe
chirp
churn
chunk
spill
whey
first
move
David
choose

To ch-- add in, ill, aff, ew, ain, est, oose, eese, eck, ick, ore,
air, arm, urch. With --ied put t, sh, sp, tr, fr, dr, pr.

The hoe struck his toe and he cried. She tied her apron strings. The colt shied and tried to jump over the fence. The flowers soon died. A chunk of beech wood burns well. Spill the whey from the churn. David killed his foe with a sling. Which do you choose? I spied you first. She fried two lamb chops. We tried to move the buggy. The sun dried my hair. Robins chirp. They pried the boxes open.

43 (REVIEW)

lamb
fleece
basin
barrel
screech
jail
first
fairy
speech
eleven
hoes
chirp
cruel
cheese
combs
touch
month
climb
choose
nineteen
cosy
whey
churn
fried
always

He hoes beets. Lambs always look cosy in fleeces of wool. Eleven and eight are nineteen. Baby will screech if you touch his toes. Cheese is made in the warm months. Choose two combs. Pussy tried to climb into the churn. Throw the basin of whey into the barrel. First tell me a fairy story. He goes to jail for being cruel. Pork chops were fried. Hear the little birds chirp.

road
load
toad
boast
coast
toast
scrap
scald
scrawl
drags
ugly
oven
Percy
satin
pencil

Make words in --oan with m, l, gr; in --oak with s, cl, cr. To sc--
add ar, arf, ow, owl, at, ud, um, alp, amp, otch, orch.

Percy scrawls with a pencil. The horse drags a great load on a snow road. Do you think a toad ugly? We roast beef in an oven. She scorched her shoes. He likes to coast down steep hills. Toads croak in the spring. Lucy boasts about her satin scarf and cloak. There is a deep scar on his scalp. The hot tea will scald you. He gave me the loan of his knife. The Scotch boy moans and groans. Soak the scraps of toast in water.

boat
float
throat
old
sold
scold
crowd
organ
studying
false
dozen
pantry
tongs
jelly
pretty

Put c, g, bl, with --oat; and b, c, f, g, h, t, with --old. Add
--ty to six, seven, nine; eight + (t)y.

Tie the scarf about your throat. The boat may not float with such a crowd. We sold our organ for ninety-four dollars. Goats often climb very high. Papa will scold you for not studying. I paid sixty cents for a dozen pencils. Fetch the jelly from the pantry. His uncle died at eighty-two. The iron tongs cost seventy-five cents. Be not bold or false. Lucy wears such a pretty gown. There was too great a crowd.

eat
beat
wheat
beam
cream
scream
dumb
crumb
thumb
rich
purse
never
hurl
flask
brisk

Put h, m, n, s, ch, bl, pl, tr, with --eat; and s, t, st, gl, dr,
str, with --eam. To gr-- add ace, ass, and, ab, ew, ain, asp.

Lions eat raw meat. The beams of the sun make wheat grow. Hear the lambs bleat. Heat turns water into steam. Two horses make a team. What a neat seam you sew. Treat the dumb boy to some cream. Henry screams, for he hurt his thumb. Sweep the crumbs from the seat of the chair. A rich man lost his purse. Never cheat any one. Hurl the flask into the stream. Be brisk at your work. Which team beat?

ear
dear
spear
bean
mean
clean
shuns
nurse
rolled
folk
spilt
foolish
worn
army
towels

With --ear put f, h, n, r, t, y, sh, cl, sm. Make new words with
--eap and h, l, r, ch. Add y, in, ip, im, iff, ate, to sk--.

The tears rolled clear down his cheeks. We will reap much wheat this year. The nurse shuns foolish folk. He spilt the beans near the door. Were the towels cheap or dear? The army had sharp spears. Does he mean to shear the sheep? My mother is very dear to me. His coat is much worn but clean. Do not smear your chin with candy. Do you fear to leap across that clear stream? It is easy to hurt the ear.

beak
weak
speak
bead
lead
plead
coax
party
color
beard
thorn
scratch
hazel
bushes
hungry

Put l, p, sn, bl, str with --eak. Copy high, nigh, sigh, thigh. To
str-- add ap, ip, ing, uck, ong, eet, etch, eam.

Coax mamma, do not tease her. Aunt is too weak to speak. Glass beads are of many colors. Hear Helen sigh. The barrel leaks. Who leads the party? There are streaks of gray in his beard. Some birds have blunt beaks. A thorn scratched my thigh. The fox sneaks among the hazel bushes. The hungry man pleads for meat. Can you climb that high peak? A bleak road. Please lead us home. Push a chair nigh.

each
teach
preach
east
beast
yeast
loaf
curse
Thursday
stroll
taffy
cover
leave
clover
sense

Write words in --each with b, p, r, bl. With --eal put d, h, m, p,
s, v, st. Add atch, ub, ew, eam, een, to scr--.

Each loaf is made with yeast. Teach us to weave carpets. We leave on Thursday for the east. A feast of peaches and cream. Good men preach that it is wrong to steal or curse. Each beast was given a meal of raw veal. They stroll along the sea beach. Reach down the taffy. Cover your thumb, it will soon heal. The bells peal for joy. Split open the beans. Copy a clover leaf. He has too much sense to sulk.

REVIEW OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS.

about
add
afraid
again
air 5
among
any
apple
April
apron 10
army
aunt
awl
baby
barrel 15
basin
bass
beach
beads
beans 20
beard
beast
beat
bees
beech 25
beef
beets
before
being
better 30
bigger
birch
black
bleed
blew 35
blood
bloom
blue
boast
bottle 40
braid
breeze
broom
brown
buggy 45
bump
burnt
burst
busy
buy 50
buzz
cabin
calf
camel
Canada 55
candy
carpet
catch
cents
chair 60
chalk
cheat
cheeks
cheese
chew 65
chirp
choose
clean
climb
clown 70
clutch
coal
coast
coax
collar 75
color
comb
come
copy
cosy 80
cover
crack
crawl
crazy
cream 85
creek
crept
cried
crowd
cruel 90
crumb
crutch
cuff
dawn
dear 95
deer
died
dinner
dirty
ditch 100
does
dollar
done
door
dozen 105
drawn
drew
drown
dumb
Dutch 110
dwelt
each
easy
eel
eggs 115
eight
eleven
elm
eye
fairy 120
false
fence
fetch
first
five 125
fleeces
flew
float
floor
flowers 130
folk
forty
four
fowl
Francis 135
freeze
front
girl
goats
goose 140
great
growl
hair
half
happy 145
hawk
hazel
heap
hear
heel 150
Helen
Henry
high
hitch
honest 155
hungry
idle
iron
jail
kneel 160
knees
knife
lain
lambs
lawn 165
lazy
leads
lemon
lied
lily 170
lion
little
loaf
loose
lost 175
Lucy
maid
mail
mamma
main 180
many
mean
meat
meet
melon 185
moans
month
moose
move
much 190
needle
never
new
next
ninety 195
nineteen
noise
none
nose
oats 200
odd
off
often
once
one 205
orange
organ
oven
owl
oxen 210
paid
pails
pair
pantry
papa 215
paper
patch
paw
peaches
pears 220
peas
peel
pencil
perch
Percy 225
pinch
please
plump
plums
pony 230
porch
praise
preach
pretty
pried 235
proof
pussy
quick
rabbit
reach 240
road
robin
roof
rye
said 245
sail
sailor
satin
sawed
says 250
scald
scarf
school
Scotch
scratch 255
scrawls
scream
screech
screw
seam 260
search
sense
seven
sew
shawl 265
shied
shoes
shoo
sigh
silver 270
sketch
skiff
skull
sleeve
slept 275
small
smoke
snatch
sneeze
snuff 280
sofa
soften
some
soot
soup 285
speak
spears
speech
split
spoon 290
steals
steam
steel
steer
stiff 295
story
straw
stream
street
stretch 300
stroll
studying
such
sugar
summer 305
sure
swamp
swarm
sweep
sweet 310
swift
switch
table
taffy
talk 315
target
tea
teach
team
tears 320
tease
there
they
thigh
thirteen 325
thrash
three
thresh
threw
throat 330
throw
thumb
thump
tie
tiger 335
toad
toe
too
towels
toy 340
tried
truth
tweed
twelve
twist 345
two
ugly
uses
vain
very 350
waist
wait
walk
warm
watch 355
water
weak
wear
weave
wept 360
were
wheat
wheel
where
whey 365
who
witch
wolf
woods
worm 370
worn
worth
wrap
wrist
write 375
wrong
year
yell
young
your 380

bet
betting
hop
hopping
drop
dropping
rub
rubbing
brag
bragging
blot
blotting
come
coming
have
having
hope
hoping
live
living
use
using
like
liking

STANDARD II.

GRADE 3.

ate
plate
slate
face
race
brace
size
huge
burst
quite
angry
meadow
larger
became
strange

With --ate put d, f, g, h, K, l, m, r, sk, gr, cr, pr, st. Write l,
p, pl, Gr, tr, sp, with --ace. Add --ing to see, be, free, flee.

Does Grace skate? Place the wood in the grate. Brace up for a race. Keep a space for my school mate. Buy a pair of shoe laces. Little Jack Frog once spied a huge ox in a field. He told what a strange beast he had seen, larger than any frog in the stream. His mother became quite angry. She tried to puff herself out to as great a size. But she only burst and died.

bake
shake
drake
game
flame
shame
Nellie
garden
mother's
tulip
dainty
basket
proud
bright
Saturday

Put c, f, l, m, r, s, t, w, fl, sn, sp, st with --ake. Write c, d,
f, l, n, s, t, bl with --ame. Add --ful to spoon, hand, care, arm.

Shake the grate and see the flame shoot up. Nellie grows flowers in her garden. Her mother's birthday was on Saturday. Then Nellie picked a basket of bright tulips. These she fixed in a dainty bowl, placed near her mother's seat at table. How pleased her mamma was, and how proud Nellie felt.

fade
shade
spade
Jane
pane
plane
age
wage
stage
eager
quiet
kitten
broke
pieces
smooth

With --ade put m, w, bl, gr, tr; with --ane write c, D, l, m, s,
cr. Put c, p, r, s with --age. Add --ly to last, great, swift, apt.

He broke a pane of glass. My knife has four blades. Plane off the stage. What wages does Jane get? Two pretty gold fish were happy in a bowl of water. A young kitten spied them, and jumped upon the table. At first she was quiet, and watched them swim about. She was eager to touch one with her paw. She climbed up the smooth side of the bowl. But it rolled off and broke into many pieces.

gave
shave
grave
ale
pale
whale
able
fable
stable
Topsy
negro
merry
also
learn
garden

Put c, p, r, s, w, br, cr, sl, st, with --ave. Write b, g, h, m, s,
t, sc, st with --ale. Put c, f, g, with --able.

Has a whale scales like fish? There are oak staves in the barrel. The male lion has a mane. Read a fairy tale or fable. A pale face. Pave the stable yard. Buy a stale loaf. Topsy is a jolly negro girl. Her father was once a slave. Now he owns a house and garden. He is able to grow many melons and lemons. Besides he raises some fine fowl. He is hale and merry. Topsy hoes the sugar cane. She learns quickly also.

mare
share
square
gaze
blaze
graze
cape
shape
scrape
giant
castle
person
thief
robbed
coming

With --are put b, c, d, f, h, p, r, fl, sc, sn, sp, st. Write d, h,
m, cr, gl with --aze. Put t, dr, gr, esc, with --ape.

The mare grazes in the square. As crazy as a March hare. The fare is a dollar. Pare the apples. Scrape the walk bare. See the blaze flare up. Once there lived a huge giant eight feet high. His home was in a strong castle, often hidden by haze. He used to steal lambs, sheep and oxen. The thief spared no person. The farmers he robbed were very angry. But they were scared and tried to escape his coming.

6 (REVIEW)

size
huge
giant
angry
castle
quite
graze
stable
smooth
meadow
eager
negro
quiet
tulip
dainty
thief
pieces
escape
basket
square
bright
proud
coming
person
Saturday

They tried to escape from the giant's castle on Saturday. The angry negro was quite crazy. There were pieces of smooth cloth. The stable is of great size. The thief spied a dainty, square basket. The quiet pony grazes in a huge meadow. Who is that proud person coming along? Eager for some bright tulips.

haste
taste
waste
dance
chance
France
alive
begged
return
early
rising
clothes
could
would
should

To tw-- add ice, ine, ig, irl, ist, elve, enty. Add --ed to visit,
melt, start, hand, scold, load, drift, play, hoot, risk.

Bears prance and dance. They waste little in France. I chanced to glance about. He should make haste. His mother begged Jack not to climb the bean stalk. She said the giant would be sure to know him, and he could never return alive. Jack kept quiet for he would not tell a lie. He put on his old clothes, and stained his face and hands a dark brown color. Rising early one summer day, he said he would try his luck again.

fire
spire
quire
sore
chore
swore
Bible
wagon
velvet
jacket
mason
burden
heavy
silent
healing

With --ire put h, m, s, t, w, squ. Write b, c, f, m, t, w, y, sc,
sh, sn, st with --ore. Add --er to clear, dark, soon, neat.

A sore throat. A quire of note paper. The fore wheels and hind wheels. An apple core. He does chores after school. He snores very often. He swore on the Bible. The wagon tire broke. Squire Jones wore a velvet jacket. He climbs the church spire. Do you know the base-ball score? He bore a heavy burden. Hire the silent mason. His sore thumb is healing. Twist the wires in the cable. I tore my shoe there.

ice
price
twice
file
smile
while
death
mince
clever
laugh
lying
lovely
ropes
plenty
forever

Put m, n, r, v, sl, sp, spl, with --ice; and m, p, t, v, w, with
--ile.

Sailors splice ropes. The slice of ice-cream was nice. You may fail twice or thrice, try again. It is worth while to smile or laugh. Lying is a mean vice. The price of a steel file. Put plenty of spice in mince pies.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long;
And so make Life, and Death, and that Forever,
One grand, sweet song.

rove
stove
grove
nose
close
chose
flies
built
calico
lively
poplar
greedy
parent
window
hatched

Write c, d, w, cl, dr, str, with --ove; and h, r, pr, th, with
--ose.

She chose a calico gown. Please close the stove door. A drove of sheep. They roved in a shady grove. They wove tweed from wool. He strove to cross the river. A pair of robins built their nest in a poplar tree near my window. There were four blue eggs after two weeks. From those were hatched four lively birds. They opened their mouths very wide, always greedy for food. The two parent birds were kept busy bringing them worms and flies. Young robins have downy coats.

blue
glue
cube
cute
mute
flute
cure
pure
rude
money
village
robber
market
walking
tumbled

Write d, h, s, cl, fl, with --ue. Add --e to tub, cub, hug, plum,
cur, us. Add --ly to love, false, wise, live, nice, sure, cool.

She wears a blue plume. There is no clue to the cute robber. He sued for wages due. Smoke goes up the flue. Glue the cube. A lively milkmaid was walking to market to sell a pail of cream. This she bore on her head. She would buy eggs with the money, and raise chickens. These would bring high prices at the village. She could buy a new gown. She felt so proud she tossed her head. The pail tumbled down and all was lost.

12 (REVIEW)

score
twice
village
lying
heavy
Bible
lovely
chores
poplar
clothes
cute
mason
wagon
thrice
chance
built
early
could
quire
calico
lively
money
tumble
hatched
window

A village mason built a score of stables. A lovely calico frock. The Bible is lying on the window. His clothes are always too heavy. He was hired to clean the wagon and do chores. He offered twice or thrice the money. The cute ducks were hatched early. Buy a quire of paper. Could you tell a poplar tree? A jug of cream. By chance he tumbled down stairs.

loud
cloud
shroud
hour
flour
scour
spider
insect
tadpole
fatter
dipper
friend
appear
become
narrow

A barrel of flour. Scour the dipper. Half an hour. Thou shalt not steal. Clouds in the south shroud the sun. Proud of his friends. The yeast was sour. The toad is dark brown, with a fatter body and shorter legs than the frog. Little warts cover its body. It eats insects, spiders and worms. From its eggs come little black tadpoles. Soon the hind legs appear, then the front ones. The long, narrow tail slowly becomes shorter. So, after some weeks, the tadpoles have turned into toads.

pout
spout
sprout
couch
crouch
slouch
quart
quite
quilt
timid
fellow
supper
can't
seeing
careful

With --out put ab, g, r, sh, sc, sn, st, tr. To qu-- add ack, ail,
een, eer, ill, iet. With --ouse put h, d, l, m, s, gr.

Fetch the quilt to the couch. Timid quails crouch down and keep quiet. Walk quickly, do not slouch. Plants sprout in the spring. Not quite a quart of cream. "Be careful," said a mother trout to her son, "some school boys shout; they come here to fish." "They can't catch me," cried the foolish fellow, "I know their tricks." He swam off in search of supper. Seeing a plump worm twisting about, he snatched it. There was a loud splash, but one trout swam in the brook never again.

bound
found
ground
ounce
bounce
flounce
squaw
animal
settlers
ripened
Indians
wigwam
easily
season
between

Write h, m, p, r, s, w with --ound.

Sixteen ounces make a pound. A tiger pounced upon the hound. She wears flounces. Bounce your ball. He wound the clock. The French were the first white settlers in Canada. They found here many Indians. These lived by fishing and the chase. They dressed in the skins of animals which they had killed. Their wigwams were easily moved, and often this was done each season. The squaws tilled the crops. They ground the ripened corn between two stones.

light
fight
fright
ought
fought
brought
native
safety
bravely
kettle
candle
tallow
strange
instead
blazing

With --ight put m, n, kn, r, s, t, br, fl, sl.

The Indians were friendly at first, but later they thought it right to fight the French. But these settlers fought bravely. The guns they had brought frightened the natives, who sought safety in flight. The settlers built rude log houses, now a strange sight. Often oiled paper was used for glass. Tallow candles gave light at night. Instead of an iron stove a huge fireplace might be found. Over the bright blazing fire hung iron kettles for cooking.

edge
wedge
sledge
judge
budge
grudge
dodge
badge
bridge
cradle
simple
lessons
rattle
paddle
silently

Write h, l, pl, dr with --edge. Put f, n, sm, dr, tr with --udge.

Trudge to the edge of the bridge. Nudge John. He grudges a badge for the judge. We could not budge the wedge. He dodged the sledge. The Indian baby was strapped into a wooden cradle. The children played many games, and had simple toys, dolls and rattles. They had many lessons not found in books. They knew where to find the birds and animals. They could tell their colors and habits. When twelve the boy could build a boat, and paddle swiftly and silently.

18 (REVIEW)

dodge
fright
cradle
crouch
simple
easily
bounce
judges
native
blazing
quilt
ounce
safety
paddle
friend
kettle
animal
season
grudge
insect
candle
tallow
sought
Indian
between

The Indian crouched down and sought to dodge the animal. My friend paddled in safety to the blazing dredge. He grudges even an ounce of sugar. The judge bought a pound of tallow candles. Simple folk are easily frightened. I tumbled the quilts in the cradle. Are there many native insects? Bounce baby on your knee. A quiet season. Between you and me.

head
bread
spread
health
wealth
stealth
sweat
threat
breath
solid
travel
mostly
letter
post-office
newspaper

With --ead put d, l, r, dr, st, tr, thr, r---y, st---y.

Health is better than wealth. Horses sweat. He read tales by stealth. A steady breath. As heavy as lead. Ready to spread the news. Thread the needle. Does he dread such threats? For many years there were no horses in Canada. Travel was mostly by boat in summer. The solid log houses were built along the rivers. There were no post-offices; letters were sent by friends. Newspapers were not known, books were few. A few schools were kept for white or Indian children.

aught
caught
taught
naughty
haughty
daughter
world
heart
every
glory
honor
nation
assist
respect
fortune

I caught the naughty boy and taught him a lesson. His daughter is haughty. Can I do aught to assist you?

To all the world I give my hand;
My heart I give my native land,
I seek her good, her glory;
I honor every nation's name,
Respect their fortune and their fame,
But love the land that bore me.

pause
cause
clause
daub
Maud
fraud
haul
fault
vault
piano
garret
comma
bundle
chamber
scrubbed

Add --en to dark, black, fright, sweet, smooth, moist, weak.

Should you pause at every comma? Read the clause again, Laura. A team hauls a load of pianos. He caused Paul to close the vault. The giant was a fraud. Wipe off that daub of paint. Was it Maud's fault? The young daughter washed the dirty dishes and scrubbed the floors. She swept the carpet in my lady's chamber. Her two elder sisters slept in cosy feather beds, while she had some bundles of straw in the garret; yet she bore all without finding fault.

bough
plough
lounge
count
fount
mount
coach
stately
ladder
fancy
magic
hurried
meant
pumpkin
Cinderella

Join --ing to daub, mount, plough, hurry, count, scoop, hitch.

Do not lounge at the plough. Count the boughs on the oak. Mount the ladder. A fount or spring of water. Cinderella hurried to the field and brought back a huge pumpkin. She could not fancy what use it was meant for. But the fairy scooped it out, then touched it with her magic wand. At once it became a stately coach, beaming with gold and bright colors. She found four mice caught in the trap. These were changed into stout horses and hitched to the coach.

lief
chief
grief
fiddle
riddle
griddle
banjo
until
gruel
polite
amuse
relieve
shinny
visitor
entertain

Write un-- with able, safe, just, true, load, fair, learn, tried.

I had as lief have a banjo as a fiddle. Do riddles amuse you? He ate gruel and griddle cakes. Shinny is our chief game. Silent grief is often deep. Always be polite to callers in your home. Should your parents be absent or unable to see the visitors at once, offer them chairs. Stand until they are seated. Try your best to entertain them until some older person relieves you. Then leave the room quietly, closing the door without noise. Be sure to pass behind, not in front of persons.

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chief
coach
fault
fancy
office
banjo
bundle
nation
health
garret
lounge
wealth
relieve
shinny
fiddle
gruel
thread
plough
visitor
hurried
naughty
fortune
chamber
pumpkin
daughter

The count's coach hurried to the office. I know what the visitor sought in the bundle. A fiddle was lying on the garret lounge. Good men are the nation's chief wealth. Plough the pumpkin field. Shinny is healthy sport. It was that naughty boy's fault. His daughter's banjo. I fancy a bowl of gruel. Fetch the thread from my lady's chamber. I ought always to relieve my friends.

singe
fringe
ginger
angel
danger
arrange
orphan
orchard
coward
sudden
blunder
thunder
echo
suffer
account

Add --es to sash, bush, porch, march, gas, press; as sash, sashes.
Won't means will not; don't, do not; doesn't, does not.

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