Chapter II: Part 2

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Can't I exchange the blue shawl fringe for a lighter hue? Arrange to have some ginger tea. Read the account of the orphan's sudden rise. She sings like an angel. I suffer from twinges of pain. Won't the hot iron singe the clothes? Yes, there is danger. How the thunder echoes! Don't the cowards cringe with fear? Doesn't Ralph plough the new orchard? By some blunder the fringe is tinged with red.

squat
squash
squall
squint
squirt
squirm
turnips
parsnip
parsley
radish
lettuce
rhubarb
sprays
picture
mixture

Add --es to hatch, pass, hero, motto, tax, fix, negro. I've means I
have; we've, we have; you'll, you will.

Take a picture of the dog as he squats on the floor. The bright sunlight causes us to squint. You'll soon hear the baby's squalls. The larger squashes grow near the turnips. We've tender lettuce and rhubarb in the garden ready to use. I've sown parsley, radish, and parsnip seed in the pumpkin field. Charles sprays the bushes. He squirts the green mixture over the leaves. We've a rhubarb pie for lunch. Eels squirm like snakes.

clench
drench
quench
locket
packet
bucket
scheme
scholar
schooner
captain
certain
curtain
ribbon
bonnet
monkey

Add --es to echo, lash, six, crutch, church, match; as echo,
echoes. It's or 'tis means it is; 'twas, it was; they'll, they will.

'Tis the captain of the schooner. 'Twas the crew's fault. My gold locket. It's certain the scheme will cause some fun. A sailor clenched his fist. The scholars hurry home. The rain pours down and they'll be drenched. Quench the burning curtain with a bucket of water. Post the packet of letters. Tie my ribbon. The angry monkey tore the lady's bonnet.

Bertha
Julia
Louisa
puddle
huddle
stubble
real
trial
goal
dizzy
puzzle
dazzle
china
facing
closet

Copy,--man, men; woman, women; gentleman, gentlemen; ox, oxen. E'er
means ever; o'er, over; ne'er, never.

Bertha lies on the sofa. The baking soda is in a jar in the china closet. A mud puddle. The chubby quail huddle close to each other, facing outward. Western farmers burn their stubble before ploughing. We won both goals. Louisa's coat is real seal. Try the puzzle. Make two trials. Julia is dizzy; there is buzzing in her ears. My eyes are dazzled. The muzzled bear is dancing. E'er be true; ne'er be false to anyone. O'er the hill the sun is setting.

urge
charge
George
Noah
Sarah
signed
anvil
forge
shoeing
charcoal
oatmeal
porridge
glowing
bellows
hammer

Copy,--foot, feet; tooth, teeth; goose, geese; mouse, mice; louse,
lice; this foot; these feet; that mouse; those mice.

Noah was saved from the flood and stormy billows. Urge on the team. George, the blacksmith, is shoeing the mare. Will he charge much? He lights the forge with charcoal. Hear the bellows roar. Isn't the iron glowing red? Yes, he hammers and shapes the shoes on the anvil. See his tongs and big heavy sledge. We won't grudge the money. Porridge is made from oatmeal. Sarah signed the pledge.

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bonnet
orphan
ribbon
curtain
shoeing
lettuce
squalls
sudden
parsley
George
quench
scheme
monkey
scholar
porridge
echoes
puzzle
coward
radish
captain
'twas
ne'er
you'll
won't
doesn't

The orphan's bonnet has pretty ribbon. I've grown radishes, lettuce, and parsley. A monkey's face. Half a bowl of porridge. Shoeing the ponies. Why doesn't a scholar quench the blaze? 'Twas a coward's scheme. Hear the echoes. The captain told queer tales. Of course I won't. You'll work out the puzzle. So huge a squash on vine ne'er grew. Sudden squalls of wind.

rouse
blouse
spouse
quaint
quince
question
circle
cinder
cistern
centre
decent
cement
William
deserve
answer

Write un-- with clean, kind, seen, hook, tie, loose, furl. I'd
means I would; e'en, even; shan't, shall not.

I'd rouse William. He's sleepy. He calls his wife 'spouse.' He deserves praise. I shan't wear a blue silk blouse. Quinces are somewhat like pears. My niece answers these questions. In the smoke from the coal fire were many cinders. The cistern is eight feet deep. The walls and floor are made of stone and cement. In the centre of the circle are a few quaint but decent folk. Of course, I hear. We told tales.

scum
scuttle
scarce
notice
recess
vessel
doctor
excuse
dismiss
view
raisin
furnace
surface
surname
surprise

Write --ful and --less after pain, harm, joy, cheer, help, waste.
Copy,--Mr. Hugh Lee lives on New Street. His house is No. 8.

Notice the scum on the surface of the pond. Wait at the creek. It is useless to scold that scamp. There is scarcely a hair on his scalp. The window screens. The furnace room. The coal scuttle. After recess he ate some raisins. Will the teacher excuse a wrong answer? We dismiss at four o'clock. The clear view was a great surprise. What is the doctor's surname?

poured
poultry
shoulder
court
mould
smoulder
cider
cipher
recite
senior
junior
period
figure
arrive
pudding

12 m. means noon; a.m., before mid-day; p.m., after mid-day, as 9
a.m., 4 p.m. Sen., Senior; Jun., Junior.

I poured sauce over the pudding. Hugh's daughter is as high as my shoulder. We've a coop for poultry. Birds and fowl moult. By the court-house is a huge boulder. Mould two clay figures. A piece of wood smoulders in the furnace. The senior scholars recite in an hour. They arrive at 9 a.m. The juniors leave at 4 p.m. They dismiss us at 12 m. Make a cipher or naught. Cider is made by crushing apples.

vein
skein
weigh
Peter
fever
lever
linen
muslin
chisel
metal
cocoa
coffee
Samuel
tangled
smother

Write --er after play, mow, preach, print, paint, bank, mill, fish,
sell. Add --en to short, tight, cheap, slack, thick.

Notice the veins in Peter's wrist. The heavy coat will almost smother baby. Weigh the skein of tangled yarn. Iron is a useful metal. Rev. Daniel Robb will preach on Sunday, 9th inst., at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Samuel Johnson, Jun., was ill of fever. Dr. Brown uses cocoa and coffee. The chisel and the strong lever are made of steel. I spoilt my muslin dress and linen coat.

wreath
wretch
wriggle
wring
wrestle
wrinkle
object
subject
earnest
aged
ashore
kindled
drunken
wrapped
blanket

N. stands for North; S., for South; E., for East; W., for West;
N.E., North-East; S.W., South-West; St., Street.

A wreath of flowers. The drunken wretch had sunken eyes and a wrinkled brow. I wring clothes. Sleigh bells tinkle. Boys wrestle. Eels wriggle. Learn the object of the busy black ants. Study four subjects. Aren't they in earnest? An Indian, his squaw, and his aged mother crossed the river in a canoe. He tenderly lifted ashore the old woman, wrapped in a blanket. Then he kindled a fire and cooked some food for her.

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blouse
cinder
quince
centre
answer
view
weigh
metal
skein
lever
wrestle
junior
cocoa
wretch
cipher
doctor
question
cistern
smother
earnest
Daniel
wrinkle
period
circle
poultry

Dr. Jolly is visiting an unhappy wretch. A cinder lodged in his eye. Her blouse is wrinkled. Will you wrestle Daniel? He ciphers with the juniors. Answer my question. Weigh the cocoa, John. The centre of the cistern is a circle. A lever is made of metal. Let us view the poultry. Pare the quinces. A skein of yarn. For a short period we almost smothered.

berry
cherry
cherries
suit
fruit
juice
nectar
number
bumble
honey
perfume
humming
beauty
quarrel
blossom

In berry, fly, baby, pony, story, city, change y to i and add --es.
Use each word; as, One berry. Two berries.

Spring! The berry bushes are clothed in green. The fruit-trees, cherry, apple, pear, and peach, have lovely white and pink suits. They are full of perfume and beauty. Hear the humming sound made by numbers of insects. See the honey-bees, bumble-bees, flies, and wasps. They are feeding on nectar, the sweet juice within the blossoms. Do bees often quarrel?

busy
busily
family
owe
tidy
tiny
debt
doubt
waist
owner
sower
earning
tongue
shining
bottom

In busy, easy, lazy, happy, pretty, merry, change y to i and add
--ly. Use each word; as, The busy bee. John works busily.

We owe each tidy, busy worker a great debt. A bee tumbles down to the bottom of a flower. Here it reaches with tiny, shining tongue, the clear, sweet nectar. It is busily storing up for its own family, and no doubt earning money for its owner. But it is also doing another and a greater work for us. Without the bee's help we should have few juicy berries, apples, or pears. A sower sows the seed. The pail leaks. A girl's waist.

pollen
yellow
gather
drones
spines
inside
cells
peal
fleas
hairy
pocket
slender
rubbed
setting
carried

In easy, lazy, greedy, happy, merry, change y to i and add --er,
--est; as, An easy chair. An easier chair. The easiest chair.

In the bee-hive is the comb of six-sided cells, made of wax. Bees gather pollen, the yellow dust on the tiny, slender spines inside the bloom. From this the workers make combs and bee-bread. The queen and the lazy drones have no wax pockets. A bee pushes its head and hairy body into a flower. Pollen clings to it and is carried into another blossom. There it is rubbed off and the setting of fruit is sure. Fleas bite dogs. Bells peal.

curly
curve
Arthur
ruin
bruin
bruise
butter
cripple
choking
wound
group
croup
crown
shower
drowsy

In sky, candy, lily, copy, dolly, kitty, change y to i and add
--es; as, The sky is blue. The skies are blue.

Arthur is an honest player. He is tired and drowsy. Emma's maid has curly hair. Her eyebrows curve downward. The mail bag. Lilies are fair to see. The maid sighs. Butter will ruin the maid's gown. Bruin has a bruise on his nose and a cruel wound on his body. A group of children watch the wounded bear. A cripple is choking with croup. The sun's warm rays and summer showers will crown the fields with grain.

earth
heard
pearls
aim
ail
aid
cousin
country
courage
whistle
thistle
bristle
nestle
glisten
cottage

In spy, party, poppy, pussy, change y to i and add --es; as, Is
this a spy? Are these spies? Copy,--A steel pen.

I heard rain patter. A load of earth. Dew-drops glisten like pearls. Aid cousin Anna. Her wrist is bruised. Aim to please. What ails the children? The country air will cure the croup. Scotch thistles have sharp points. Bristles are stiff hairs. Arthur is able to whistle a tune. Have courage; be brave. The humble cottage nestles beside the stately castle. Listen, I heard my cousin whistle.

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ruin
suit
debt
earns
group
cells
busily
curve
juicy
doubt
easily
drowsy
glisten
heard
bruise
pearls
cousin
owner
courage
thistle

Will the moist air ruin Lucy's suit? Does Thomas owe debts for coal? Groups of drowsy children. These young bees work busily making honey-cells. The pears are juicy. Arthur, no doubt, earns money easily. We heard of cousin John's painful bruise. The thistle blossom is light. Wear your necklace of pearls. The owner of the cottage lives at the curve in the road. Courage! my boys, dare to do right. The dew glistens.

arrow
hollow
swallow
flown
grown
mown
Stephen
nephew
cotton
crayon
yonder
beyond
staircase
breakfast
beefsteak

In carry, fry, try, cry, dry, copy, change y to i and add --es,
--ed; I carry wood. He carries wood. He has carried wood.

Like an arrow from a bow the swallow skimmed the grassy hollow. The larks had flown before the mower had mown the field. Stephen, my nephew, has shown us cotton, grown in the fields. See the chalk or crayon marks on yonder cupboard beyond the staircase. I found some cold beefsteak. After breakfast I slept an hour.

Ruth
Susan
Luke
eaten
squeal
squeak
fully
bitten
middle
believe
cabbage
suitable
cases
cocoon
wander

In sheaf, shelf, half, wolf, calf, loaf, thief, change f to v and
add --es; as, One leaf, Two leaves. Copy,--Weigh the bee-bread.

Ruth cleans the beans. Luke eats prunes. Mice squeak; pigs squeal. Look at Susan's cabbage plants! A number of leaves have been eaten off. Others have pieces bitten out. I believe this worm lying along the middle of the leaf has done it. Others are climbing the stalk, just the color of the cabbage. These worms, when fully grown, will wander away. In some suitable place they will cover themselves with little cocoons.

silken
girdle
almost
dreary
weaving
creature
higher
flight
unlike
potted
flitting
sipping
basking
sunshine
spinning

In beauty, pity, mercy, fancy, change y to i and add --ful. In
lazy, greedy, happy, pretty, change y to i and add --ness.

All the long, dreary winter the green worm sleeps in its silken cocoon. This robe or girdle is made from its own spinning and weaving. Later on, a beautiful white butterfly will appear. This lovely creature with black-spotted wings is quite unlike the worm. Soon it will be flitting about among the blossoms. It is almost always sipping nectar and basking in the sunshine. It does not make higher flights.

Ralph
Joseph
Philip
sleigh
weight
neighbor
couple
double
trouble
parcel
cancel
celery
attic
music
public

In make, shine, have, tumble, store, close, curve, pile, drop e and
add --ing; as, Make bread. Are you making bread?

Joseph is taking the trouble to pick us a couple of pecks of nice pears. Double as many, or four pecks, is a whole bushel. Philip weighs parcels of sugar. Cancel my order for raisins. I'm giving full weight. Ralph is busy driving the sleigh. Wrap up some celery for our neighbor's son. He studies music in the public school. Our house has a higher attic. Horses neigh.

writing
written
scribble
pupil
stupid
student
niece
pierce
fierce
shield
priest
shriek
pawn
fawn
yawn

In take, drive, choke, weave, cure, please, bruise, clothe, drop e
and add --ing; as, He is taking a walk. Copy,--The sun's rays.

This student's writing is a mere scribble. Have the scholars written their spelling? The pupils yawn. They feel sleepy and stupid. Shield the little, spotted fawn. The fawn's mother is called a doe. Ella, my niece, gave a piercing shriek. A fierce dog sprang at the doe. Don't pawn your watch. The Indian chiefs believed the priest's words.

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nephew
swallow
believe
breakfast
currants
sheaves
thieves
stupid
courage
cabbage
Philip
chiefly
beauty
spotted
creature
Stephen
pierce
weight
couple
raisins
celery
written
parcel
squeak
shriek

My nephew ate no breakfast. Stephen swallows the cabbage too hastily. See the beautiful sheaves of wheat. Notice chiefly their hue and weight. Thieves often lack courage. Shrieks pierce the air. Send some celery and a couple of parcels of raisins and currants. The doe and spotted fawn are not stupid creatures. Philip has written to our nephew. New shoes squeak.

REVIEW OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS.

able
aged
almost
angel
angry 5
animal
answer
appear
arrive
arrow 10
Arthur
assist
attic
aught
badge 15
banjo
beauty
believe
berries
Bertha 20
between
beyond
billow
blanket
blazing 25
blossom
blouse
bonnet
bottom
bough 30
bounce
breath
bridge
bright
brought 35
bruise
bucket
built
bumble
bundle 40
burst
busily
bustle
cabbage
calico 45
candle
captain
carried
castle
caught 50
cause
celery
cells
cement
centre 55
certain
chamber
charcoal
cheerful
chief 60
chisel
chore
chose
cider
cinder 65
cipher
circle
cistern
cities
clause 70
clench
closet
clothes
cocoa
cocoon 75
coffee
comma
easier
cottage
cotton 80
country
couple
courage
court
coward 85
crayon
crouch
croup
cube
curtain 90
cute
dainty
Daniel
daub
dazzle 95
death
debt
dizzy
doctor
dodge 100
doesn't
double
dreary
drench
drowsy 105
eager
earnest
early
earth
easily 110
echo
edge
every
excuse
facing 115
family
fancy
fault
fawn
fellow 120
fever
fiddle
fierce
figure
fleas 125
flight
flute
forge
fought
fraud 130
friend
fright
fringe
furnace
fruit 135
garret
gather
George
giant
ginger 140
girdle
glisten
glue
goal
graze 145
grief
grieves
group
grown
grudge 150
gruel
halves
haughty
haul
health 155
heard
heart
heavy
hollow
honor 160
hour
huddle
hurried
Indian
insect 165
instead
judge
juice
junior
kettle 170
kindle
laugh
lesson
lever
lief 175
Louisa
lounge
magic
mason
metal 180
meadow
meant
mince
money
mould 185
monkey
mower
mown
music
nation 190
native
naughty
nectar
neighbor
nephew 195
niece
notice
oatmeal
object
office 200
orphan
ought
ounce
paddle
parcel 205
parsley
pause
pearls
period
Philip 210
piano
pictures
pieces
pierce
pitiful 215
plough
polite
pollen
poplar
poultry 220
poured
priest
public
pumpkin
puzzle 225
quaint
quench
question
quiet
quince 230
quire
raisins
Ralph
recess
recite 235
relieve
rhubarb
ribbon
riddle
robber 240
rouse
ruin
Sarah
scarce
scuttle 245
scheme
scholar
scour
scrape
season 250
senior
servant
settler
shoulder
shriek 255
shroud
signed
silent
simple
singe 260
skein
sledge
sleigh
smother
slouch 265
spied
spouse
squall
squash
squeak 270
squint
squirm
steak
stealth
stubble 275
student
subject
surface
swallow
suits 280
swore
tallow
taught
thief
thistle 285
threat
tiny
tongue
trouble
tulip 290
twice
unfurl
unloose
until
urge 295
vault
vein
village
visitor
view 300
waist
waste
wealth
weaving
wedge 305
weight
whistle
William
world
wound 310
wrapped
wreath
wrestle
wretch
wriggle 315
wring
writing
written
yawn
yellow 320

STANDARD III. JUNIOR.

GRADE 4.

guide
guard
guess
lose
whose
bosom
prove
worse
worry
worthy
worship
worsted
beggar
ragged
stagger

Add --er to fat, red, in, rob, up, hot, wet; as, fatter. Notice the
single vowel and the single consonant at the end of each word.

Guide the ragged beggar up the garret stair. He staggers. Whose bundle of clothes is here? I cannot guess. Fierce dogs guard the fruit. Fasten the bosom of your blouse. Did you lose any money? Don't worry. The trouble might have proved worse. Dr. Lee wears a suit of worsted. We worship the one living and true God. He is worthy of all praise.

cedar
cellar
cigar
crocus
cleanse
custom
mayor
mirror
parlor
sponge
shovel
gloves
circus
govern
common

Add --ed, --ing to shop, grin, stir, skip, chat, strap, sun, grip,
mop; as, shopped, shopping.

The deep cellar has a cedar floor. Don't smoke cigars; the custom is too common. The crocus is in bloom. A circus with a wild beast show is coming here. The mayor governs the city. He has a dozen beautiful doves. They hover round our cottage. The mirror in the parlor is of plate glass. Shovel out the earth. Wear no gloves. Cleanse your hands with a sponge.

auger
August
autumn
saucer
sausage
laundry
author
caution
auction
limbs
yield
bored
scarlet
harvest
crimson

Write in full: Sun., Mon., Th., Fri., Sat.; as, Sunday. Aug.,
August; Sept., September; Oct., October; Nov., November.

August and harvest have passed. October and autumn are here. The leaves are scarlet, crimson, and yellow. Soon they will carpet the ground, leaving the limbs and branches bare. The birds have flown south. The fields now yield them no food. Who is the author of the book? My linen is in the laundry. I bored holes with the auger. Cover the fried sausage with a saucer. Buy with caution at the auction sale.

sorrow
borrow
furrow
feather
weather
leather
tough
rough
enough
detain
obtain
remain
people
squirrel
sparrow

With --low put fel, mel, yel, wil, pil, fol, hol, tal, mal; as,
fellow. Write other words in --low, --row, --dow; as widow.

The sparrow, woodpecker, and chickadee remain. But few others of the feathered people can obtain enough to eat. The squirrels are busy hiding away food in their narrow houses for the rough winter weather. They pick to pieces the tough pine cones to obtain the seeds between the scales. Borrow a neighbor's wheelbarrow. Plough deeper furrows to-morrow. Our leather shoes. The widow's sorrow. I'll not detain you long.

ferns
herbs
verse
wonder
perfect
pattern
observe
servant
pleasant
merchant
January
February
curious
furious
serious

Dec. means December; Jan., January; Feb., February; Mar., March;
Apr., April. Spring begins Mar. 21; Autumn, Sept. 21.

Winter! It is cloudy but pleasant weather. Snowflakes are quietly falling. Observe the curious patterns. The wind often breaks their frail points. Snow forms a perfect covering for the herbs and ferns. The furious storm did serious damage. The servants were filled with wonder. Merchants buy and sell. January and February are cold months. Recite your verses on New Year's Day.

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limbs
yield
herbs
whose
worry
sponge
cigar
circus
mirror
enough
guess
serious
people
beggar
furrow
saucer
perfect
between
weather
autumn
auction
worsted
squirrel
pleasant
February

Boughs are strong limbs. Don't yield to worry. Govern your temper. I guessed whose circus he saw. Sponge off the cigar ashes from the mirror. He ploughs an almost perfect furrow. Great swamps lie between us. The beggar looks serious. The saucy squirrel eats from a saucer. Autumn weather is pleasant enough. Our people will auction worsted goods in February.

Daisy
dairy
mainly
rainbow
railroad
sailboat
wired
pores
fibres
toward
mustard
custard
explain
contain
breathing

Add --ing to ask, add, farm, sell, print, chirp, shirk, whirl; as,
asking. Notice the two consonants at the end.

The "Daily News" praised Daisy's courage. In the dairy we make butter mainly. Hail the sailboat. See the arched rainbow toward the south. The railroad fences are wired. Explain why mustard seed is ground. I've a pailful of bait and two custard pies. The tired oxen were nearly mired. The surface of a leaf contains small pores for breathing. In the stalk are tough fibres or threads.

palm
balm
calm
gnat
gnaw
bathe
capsize
allowed
drowned
canoe
beaver
healing
borne
divide
purpose

Add --ing to oil, bowl, seal, suit, cloud, aim, cook, boat; as,
oil, oiling. Notice the two vowels before the last consonant.

Healing balm will cure the sores in the palm of your hand. We'll bathe in the calm lake. My boat floats. Are we allowed to paddle canoes? We might capsize and be drowned. The air is full of gnats and flies. Beavers gnaw down trees and build storehouses. Trees have boughs with leaves borne on the twigs. Hidden in the earth are the roots, which divide into rootlets. Their main purpose is to obtain food from the soil.

icy
icing
icicle
argue
value
avenue
eaves
except
through
alarms
annual
beneath
reckon
timber
lumber

To set, skim, spot, hum, sip, snap, plug, add --ing; as, setting.
To pat, dip, spin, blot, chop, skip, drum, add --er; as, patter.

Coasting down icy hills alarms me. Icicles hang from the eaves. Spread icing over the cake. Oak is of great value. We wheel on the avenue. We argued for and against it. Trunks of trees never grow higher except through cutting off some lower boughs. New growth is added just beneath the inner bark. Woodcutters observe these annual rings and reckon the tree's age. Timber and lumber are scarce and dear.

saddle
peddle
meddle
reels
beetle
steeple
syrup
maple
purple
spruce
balsam
walnut
molasses
Tuesday
Wednesday

Add --ed, --ing to camp, dress, scald, lunch, track, clinch, thank,
plough; as, camped, camping. Tues., Tuesday; Wed., Wednesday.

Don't meddle with pony's saddle and bridle. Peddle ice. The beetle has curious wings. He prizes the flowers. The church steeple is ninety feet high. The maple, beech, birch, alder, poplar, and walnut lose their purple leaves every autumn. The pine, spruce, fir, cedar, and balsam remain green. The sap of the sugar maple, when boiled, yields syrup or molasses. Tuesday and Wednesday, the third and fourth of February.

knit
knot
knob
knack
knock
knuckle
tempt
prompt
glimpse
whittle
prattle
bubbles
coarse
hoarse
uproar

Add --ed and --ing to groan, cheer, fear, aim, spoil, thread, seat,
pout, fool; as, groaned, groaning.

The knave has the knack of knitting quickly. The old knight kneels. Cut the knot with a knife. He knocked the door knob with his knuckle. Be prompt to do your duty. Tempt no one. We caught a glimpse of a vessel afloat. The captain had coarse clothes and a hoarse voice. Indians whittle. Hear the uproar. Babies prattle. We blew soap bubbles on Wednesday.

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knit calm bathe gnaw tempt borne fibres pores argue syrup divide
walnut purple icicle balsam peddle hoarse knuckle glimpse Tuesday

I knit mitts. A walnut tree. Calm music quiets us. He argues in a hoarse voice. We purpose using boughs of spruce and balsam for fires. The dog gnaws the bone. He ate fibres of lean beef. Peddle maple syrup. A purple ribbon tempts me to buy. We had a glimpse through a glass of the pores of the skin. The long icicle was borne away. The boys skinned their knuckles wiring stove pipes. Bathe my sore heel.

berth
stern
asters
offer
differ
suffer
lawyer
lantern
iceberg
vowel
trowel
empire
suppose
support
British

Add --ing to hug, split, clap, flap, flag, wed, span, slam, jar,
whir, whet; as, hugging, splitting.

Arrange the asters in vases. They differ in color. I prefer a berth in the stern of the vessel. Icebergs float on the sea. Support the tired mason. Does he suffer pain? I suppose he dropped his trowel. Offer him a lantern. Uncle is a lawyer. The puppy tears the towel. Name five vowels. Potters mould clay. Canada is the largest country in America. In size it is one-third of the whole British Empire.

flirt
shirk
mirth
stirred
twirled
thirsty
angle
jingle
spangle
ankle
twinkle
sprinkle
pigeon
dungeon
luncheon

Add --ed to stun, scrub, trip, brag, trim, tar, rip, club, fan,
crop, spur, knit; as, stunned. Copy,--Scotland, Scotch.

The first of July is Canada's birthday. The flirt shirks duty. Mirth is fun. I stirred a pailful of iced lemonade. I twirled about. The pigeons bathe. Spangles glitter. Silver coins jingle. Stars twinkle. Sprinkle roses. Luncheon is ready. We're hungry and thirsty. An ugly dungeon. I sprained my ankle. An angle of the road. Great Britain is the greatest empire in the world. 'Britons never shall be slaves.'

Turk
turf
lurch
murmur
turban
disturb
scuffle
muffler
shuffle
musket
muzzle
union
totter
mutter
stutter

Add --ed, --ing to cheat, chat; root, rot; stoop, stop; chain, hem;
as, cheated, chatted; cheating, chatting.

Turks are often cruel and savage. The creek murmurs under the grassy turf. The boat lurched. Don't disturb the woman wearing the turban. Boys scuffle. Take off your wool muffler. He stutters. Play a game of authors. Shuffle the cards. The bridge totters. "Load the musket," he muttered. A fierce dog wears a muzzle. One-fourth of the land surface of the globe flies the Union Jack.

Adam
human
album
capital
several
sentence
enemy
annoy
employ
enjoy
royal
loyal
oysters
destroy
victory

Add --ing, --ed to lock, blot; twist, fit; risk, dip; drift, ship;
as, locking, blotting; locked, blotted. Copy,--England, English.

Madam's album contains several fine pictures. Do you enjoy eating oysters? Enemies annoy me. Begin each sentence with a capital. Satan is the enemy of the human race. He tempted Adam and Eve. 'Alfred the Great' is a royal name. He was King of England many hundred years ago; he taught his loyal people to read and write. The Danes destroyed the English villages. The king offered battle and won a great victory.

plaid
plait
hotel
twelfth
welcome
welfare
level
nickel
flannel
ague
fulfil
skilful
shepherd
sandwich
handsome

Add --ed, --ing to sup, sob, wag, bag, wet, step, hum, spur.

A plain is a level stretch or tract of land. Braid your hair into a plait. A Scotch plaid is a shawl or scarf woven in different colors. The twelfth month. Skilful doctors differ. Muffle your throat with flannel. At the hotel we bought a sandwich and coffee for a nickel. Welcome the handsome shepherd. Look after his welfare. Fulfil my wishes. I have fever and ague.

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union
fulfil
angle
ague
plaid
oyster
scuffle
loyal
twirl
ankle
human
jingle
trowel
pigeon
enemy
lawyer
flannel
thirsty
welfare
several
skilful
dungeon
shepherd
luncheon
sandwich

The skilful shepherd suffers from ague. He wears flannel and a plaid. The lawyer's ankles ached. We are loyal to the Union Jack. Several thirsty boys. A sharp angle. Oyster soup. Wait until luncheon for sandwiches. Twirl your thumbs. Sleigh bells jingle. A mason's trowel. Pigeons coo. Fulfil your promise. Satan disturbs human beings. He destroys the welfare of families. The king's enemy suffered in a dungeon.

roam
loam
foamy
whoa
hoard
soaring
gallop
gallon
dreamt
dealt
wharf
dwarf
measure
pleasure
treasure

Join all-- to so, most, ways, though, ready, one, mighty; as, also.
Notice that 'all' drops one l. Copy,--Ireland, Irish.

The dwarf roams through the country for pleasure. He measures forty inches high. He dealt in teas. The boats are by the wharf. The ponies gallop. Shout, Whoa! The roan's mouth is foaming. The hawk is soaring higher. I dreamt of hoarding up treasures. A soil of sandy loam. I meant one gallon or four quarts. London in England is the greatest city in the world.

crease
greasy
ceased
jewel
gravel
anthem
collect
correct
connect
grizzly
bargain
fountain
inquire
request
butcher

Add --ish to blue, white, purple, self, girl, boy; as, bluish.

The butcher's gloves are greasy. His clothes are creased. My knitting unravels. What a clean gravel road! Correct this sentence. Collect their debts. Connect the two pieces. Elect a chairman. She offers her jewels at a bargain. The fountain has ceased flowing. Inquire the reason. In the Rocky Mountains there are giant cedars. In my travels there I saw grizzly bears. At the Mayor's request, we sang the National Anthem.

medal
final
bridal
veil
heir
rein
throne
peace
dying
potato
tomato
buffalo
tannery
nursery
creamery

Add --y to gust, glass, cream, frost, curl, show; as, gusty. Add
--ery to shrub, pot, slip, rob, pig, tan; as, tannery.

Canada is at peace with all nations. Our creamery butter won the gold medal. The final match to-day. A horse's rein. The bride wears a bridal veil. Edward, Prince of Wales, is heir to the throne. Nursery tales may be bought for a quarter of a dollar. A loamy soil suits potatoes. The tomatoes are smooth. The buffaloes are dying of thirst. Leather is made in a tannery.

quill
quiver
quartz
waltz
knead
dough
Esther
sword
soldier
temper
temple
granite
expect
attract
factory

Add --y to ease, breeze, slime, bone, rose, stone, smoke, shine,
haste, mire, wire; as, breezy. Notice the final e is dropped.

A leaf quivers. Old Gray's mane. I rapped loudly. Find my quill pen. Esther kneads the flour and yeast into dough for bread. The soldier's sword and shield attract us. We expect the Captain to invite us. Our factory is on the island. Play a waltz. He struck me on the temple. I knew his ill-temper. There is quartz in granite rocks. The male bird led the geese.

button
mutton
glutton
pistol
morsel
nostril
razor
rascal
pedlar
nibble
babble
gabble
accept
offend
defend

Add --y to mud, fur, slop; and --ish to red, hog, thin; as, muddy;
reddish. Notice the final consonant is doubled.

Pardon my firing off the pistol. Gluttons eat too much. The pedlar sells buttons. An ill-bred rascal. Is it veal or mutton? He offended me. His nostrils bleed. Punish wrongdoers. Defend your country. Accept these red peppers. The razor is steel. Geese gabble. Chub nibble at the bait. Don't babble so much. Ontario stretches farther south than France. The king's throne.

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heir
peace
sword
veil
dough
waltz
knead
dwarf
jewel
dying
pistol
attract
island
ceased
quiver
accept
rascal
gallon
request
bargain
soldier
buffalo
pleasure
fountain
creamery

"Peace on earth" the angel said. Cease waltzing. Soldiers wear pistols and swords. Knead the dough. A gallon of syrup. A tied veil. The fountain is near the creamery. I accept the buffalo robe with pleasure. A hare's nostrils. A rascal attracts notice. A bargain in jewels. Morsels of bread. A dying lawyer's request. The dwarf is heir to the island. Poplar leaves quiver.

prison
poison
sermon
equal
brutal
usual
heaven
forehead
threaten
comfort
compass
company
valise
sardine
machine

Add --en to lead, wax, flax, birch, wood, earth, wheat, oat, ash;
as, leaden. Copy,--A pale maid kneads dough for bread.

Prisons and jails have few comforts. The bottle contains poison. Brutal deeds. Equal in size. The preacher's forehead was high. He spoke of heaven. As usual, the sermon was brief. Is your company coming? Fetch my leather valise. I value my sewing-machine. The needle of the compass points to the North Pole. December's skies threaten hail. The mounted police. A dreary season. The polar seas. A box of sardines.

rogue
plague
fatigue
pastor
favor
humor
ghost
yolk
balky
bullet
pulley
pulpit
rifle
warble
walrus

Place un-- before do, lock, dress, veil, seat, fold, hinge, twine,
clasp; as undo. Copy,--On the road are boughs and knotty wood.

The rogue is tricky but good-humored. He requests a favor, a loan of a hickory stick. Thieves plague us. The rope passes through the pulley. The pastor of the church is fatigued. His pulpit is of carved walnut. The mules were balky. Rifle bullets are of lead. A ghost story. Eat the yolks of eggs. Birds warble. An Eskimo dresses in furs of the seal, walrus, or white bear.

onion
million
opinion
error
errand
harbor
ivory
history
horrid
Olive
parasol
seldom
region
fashion
cushion

Put dis-- before like, please, grace, place, cover, agree, lodge,
obey, appear; as dislike. Copy,--The sewing girl sews a seam.

Millions of onions are grown in light soil. Olive seldom offers an opinion on any question. She makes few errors. I go on errands. Touch lightly the white ivory keys. Your parasol is quite in fashion. The cushion is lying on the lounge. Several steamboats made the harbor. Do you read history? That horrid wretch. The Eskimo dwell in the frozen regions. Their reindeer live on moss.

donkey
jockey
volley
alley
chimney
turkey
turtle
curdle
current
nettle
brittle
tattle
hostler
hustled
freckled

Add --s to day, play, key, turkey, jay, monkey, boy, joy, alley,
toy, way; as, days. Notice the vowel before y.

Two jockeys rode the prize donkeys. Fire two volleys up the valley. I lent four dozen alleys. Chimneys are built of brick and mortar. Turkeys are dear. He sees a turtle caught. The current of the river is rapid. The milk curdles. The crowd hustled the thief along. A freckled face. Nettles scratched his palms. A hostler stayed at our hotel. Don't tattle. Hickory is not brittle wood. Goats graze in the lane.

journey
nourish
flourish
carrot
beckon
buckle
baggage
engine
endure
civil
citron
citizen
belief
mischief
kerchief

Add --ful (full) to fear, harm, trust, shame, truth, fright, grace;
as, fearful. Copy,--A well-bred youth won the medal.

Boiled carrots nourish calves. Reckon the cost of your journey. Palm trees flourish in the south. Buckle my straps. Our friends beckon to us. The baggage is checked. I build steam-engines. I can't endure liars. This soldier prays every day. He is civil and polite to the citizens. Do no mischief. It is my belief that the thief carried off the citron in his handkerchief.

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belief
usual
ivory
valise
alley
ghost
onion
guest
equal
citizen
sermon
fatigue
poison
seldom
plague
heaven
parasol
engine
compass
current
machine
journey
opinion
chimney
mischief

She carries a parasol. Poisons usually kill. The heavens are the higher regions. A muddy stream seldom has a strong current. Our guest's valise. An ivory-handled knife. Sermons on our belief. A narrow alley. Long journeys fatigue me. A knitting machine. A sailor's compass. The hostler plagues me. His good-humor and mischief amuse the citizens. A toy engine. My friend grows onions and citrons. Be civil children.

parrot
ballot
balloon
ascend
descend
lecture
erect
direct
expect
tassel
stirrup
rescue
pursue
avenue
continue

Add --less to law, sleep, cease, leaf, shoe, smoke, dust, cloud.

The parrot says "Pretty Polly." Vote by ballot. We ascend in a balloon. The guide directs us. We intend to descend in half an hour. Stand erect. He expects to lecture. My cushions have tassels. The saddle has stirrups. Hounds pursue the hare. A team of balky ponies on our avenue drew a crowd of people. Continue to improve. Rescue us from being drowned. Jacob and Esau were the sons of Isaac. Rachel was Joseph's mother.

awful
awkward
awning
grumble
thimble
ramble
oblige
refuge
college
package
passage
message
choir
chorus
anchor

Add --en to wide, white, like, straight, bright, broad, light; as,
widen. Copy,--I need a whole bundle of tracts here.

An awful example. We sought refuge in a narrow passage, under an awning. The package is awkward to carry. Oblige me by taking this message. The student rambles about the college grounds. Esther grumbles over her sewing. Her thimble is too large. I'll sing the low bass notes. Join in the chorus. The ship's anchor is heavy. The value of Canada's wheat, cheese, and cattle increases rapidly each year.

myth
hymn
lynx
Egypt
gypsy
system
mimic
comic
frolic
antic
picnic
cambric
violet
violin
violent

Add --er to bake, bathe, bite, write, smoke, vote, poke; as, baker.
Copy,--Ring the bells. The church bell tolled slowly.

Myths are strange stories. The lynx is a cousin of the tiger. Sing hymns, not comic songs. The parrot mimics my voice. The black-eyed gypsy tells fortunes cleverly. Play the violin gently not violently. Smell the odor of violets. What system of writing are you taught? Watch the antics of the young bears as they frolic in their den. A cambric handkerchief was tied in knots at the picnic.

type
style
rhyme
ceiling
receive
deceive
either
neither
column
gospel
gossip
gosling
tomb
ostrich
purchase

Put --'s after turkey, donkey, company, army, fly; as, The fly's
wing. Copy,--A steel knife. The brakes creak.

Purchase the nursery rhymes printed in large type. Either style will suit. Gossips tattle idly. The ceiling is high. I received neither the ribbon nor the ostrich feather. Doesn't he deceive you? Add the column of figures. A gosling is a young goose. 'Gospel' means good news. Richard, the Lion Heart, was a brave knight. He fought the Turks in the Holy Land to rescue from them the sacred tomb of our Lord.

idea
eagle
measles
total
profit
secret
ocean
voyage
truant
prosper
whisper
whisker
Canadian
guardian
Christian

Add --er to cut, dig, chop, chat; as, cutter. Add --y to knot, fat,
sun, star, spot, wit; as, knotty. Copy,--Hurrah for Santa Claus and
Christmas! The doe's fawn. New Year's Eve.

Eagles are birds of prey. I have an idea that the children have measles. The beaver is a Canadian emblem. Kittens have whiskers. The truant whispers a secret to his guardian. Many merchants prosper. Their total profits increase. Our forefathers came from Christian countries. Their ocean voyage required several weeks.

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idea
gypsy
type
picnic
hymn
rescue
tassel
ceiling
ascend
parrot
chorus
oblige
awful
anchor
college
secret
violet
truant
rhyme
violin
frolic
total
eagle
ocean
column

A gypsy's idea. We need faith and courage. The hymns, rhymes, and choruses are in small type. Lambs frolic. Rescue the bitten parrot. The descent was awful. The ocean steamer is a total wreck. Oblige me by singing a college song at the picnic. The truant watches the eagle. Our secret thoughts. The columns ascend to the ceiling of the tomb. My parasol has a violet tassel. We received a message to weigh anchor.

jostle
bustle
gristle
chatter
shatter
shutter
gamble
nimble
rumble
release
increase
decrease
salad
salary
banana

Add --ish to snap, style; fat, rogue; pet, slave; red, ape; hog,
blue; as, snappish, stylish. Copy,--Don't stare at the nun's veil.

The pupils wrestle and jostle each other. Try the lettuce salad. He bustles off to close the shutters. There is gristle in the beefsteak. Will the price of bananas increase or decrease? Monkeys chatter. Their fingers are active and nimble. Heavy wagons rumble along the road. Does thunder shatter window-panes? Release the prisoner. He moans and groans. He loses money by gambling. The honest youth wears stylish clothes. His salary is paid weekly.

deny
reply
supply
chequers
chestnut
chipmunk
burly
furled
sturdy
occur
fluid
bacon
process
success
subtract

Add --ing, --es, --ed, to pity, copy, deny, reply, study, supply;
as, pitying, pities, pitied. Copy,--A baby's shoe.

A burly butcher supplies our bacon. Can you subtract? I'll explain the process. The sturdy boy denies throwing chestnut burs. It often occurs. I'm chuckling over my success at chequers. Please reply by next mail. Beef teas are fluid. The chipmunk has stripes on its back and pouches in its cheeks. He unfurled the Union Jack. Busy until recess.

copper
cobbler
toddler
tingle
mingle
shingle
jangle
wrangle
bungled
scorn
scoff
scowl
address
express
possess

Add --ing, --es, --ed, to spy, pry, bury, marry, hurry, worry; as,
spying, spies, spied. Copy,--Our family's name.

Don't linger any longer. My fingers tingle with cold. Wait for the wee toddler. The maid's proud gait. Men jangle and wrangle over such trifles. Value this bungled piece of work. Two foul creeks mingle. Shingle the roof. The copper kettle. The cobbler sews shoes. He should scorn to beg. Don't scoff, or scowl at beggars. Doesn't he possess great wealth? Send the parcel by express to my address.

novel
hovel
panel
rocket
bucket
bracket
slipper
blister
distress
perfect
permit
perform
repeat
defeat
retreat

Add --ing, --s, --d, to die, tie, lie, hie, as dying, dies, died.
Copy,--The enemy's camp. A lady's veil.

In these hovels the women are almost always reading novels. Paint a perfect panel. The rockets ascend and burst. An oaken bucket or pail. Fasten the bracket with a nail. A pair of leather slippers. Blisters may cause much distress. Permit me to repeat the tale. Perform gracefully. Their army suffered defeat. Many soldiers perished in the retreat.

alter
halter
reward
squad
squib
esquire
tether
whether
together
insult
result
sultry
dictate
imitate
separate

Add --ing, --s, --ed to pay, say, lay; as, paying, pays, paid; and
--ly, to gay, day, as gaily. Copy,--He sees leeks in the lane.

Alter the figures. What is the result? What reward does Thomas Johns, Esquire, offer? See the squads of soldiers drilling. Don't insult our friends. Make a squib of this firecracker. A sultry Tuesday. Tie this rope to the horse's halter. Tether him to the stake. Imitate Paul's groan. Dictate loudly. I don't know whether they board together or in separate cottages.

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chatter
gamble
dictate
rumble
gristle
reply
occur
salad
bacon
fluid
linger
scowl
jangle
cobble
novel
banana
possess
defeat
esquire
wrangle
whether
increase
subtract
success
separate

My teeth chatter. A dog chews tough gristly meat. Have some bacon or salad. It won't occur again. A train rumbled past. Try a banana. Fluids flow easily. Choose a novel. Subtract ninety. Squire Hughes lingers a moment. The cobblers separate. The miners jangle and wrangle as they gamble. One chuckles, the other scowls. Increase the learning you now possess. Sometimes defeat has led to success.

engage
carriage
marriage
serge
gauze
sieve
whoop
giggle
wiggle
aisle
brake
script
trustee
prosper
tobacco

Copy,--due, duly; true, truly; whole, wholly.

The trustees have engaged a teacher. The carriage has a brake to check its speed. Don't crowd in the aisle of the church to see the marriage. May they prosper. Boys whoop. Girls giggle. Read the words in script. Make screens of thin gauze. Use a coarse sieve. Your serge suit smells of tobacco. Eels squirm and wiggle. Yours truly. Duly paid. Wholly evil.

abuse
accuse
refuse
funeral
murder
further
bury
coffin
hearse
edging
stingy
bleach
elegant
elephant
alphabet

Never abuse dumb animals. We accused him of stealing. He refused to talk further about the murder. Bury the dead. A plain coffin. The black hearse. Tying his shoe. The edging is torn. A stingy quart. The cotton is bleached. The elephant's figure is not elegant or graceful. Repeat the whole alphabet.

Dare to do right! Dare to be true!
The failings of others can never save you;
Stand by your duty, your honour, your faith,
Stand like a hero and battle till death.--_Wilson._

cough
trough
depth
length
strength
breadth
injure
minute
promise
declare
prepare
compare
pious
famous
nervous

My clerk is cheerful but pious. A cough makes me nervous. Famous doctors. Promise to prepare. Under the eaves is a zinc trough. Don't injure your health. Compare answers. The judge will declare the result in a minute. The length and breadth are equal.

All hail to the broad-leaved Maple!
With her fair and changeful dress,
A type of our youthful country,
In its pride and loveliness.

coins
noisy
loiter
voice
rejoice
appoint
acre
agent
crate
soul
choir
reign
instant
distant
station

Collect old coins. King George reigns. The noisy freight train. A distant station. The busy agent sells crates of choice wares. He doesn't loiter an instant. Half an acre. Appoint the hour. The choir sang a hymn. I rejoice to hear that the ointment will heal your wound. The clothes were washed, wrung out, then dried on the smooth beach. Tow the boat. Choose an awl. There is constant pain in my eyes.

desire
retire
advise
advice
decide
excite
pitcher
catcher
hatchet
repair
rowdy
memory
anxious
plumber
umbrella

Add --ing, --d, to dye, singe, eye, toe, hoe, shoe, canoe; as,
dyeing, dyed; toeing, toed. Dyeing the cloth red.

The pitcher is excited. The catcher desires to retire. The team is anxious. Give the rowdy some good advice. His memory fails him. The plumber advises me. I decided to buy a hatchet. Repair my umbrella.

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acre
soul
coin
sieve
choir
serge
aisle
brake
bury
gauze
bogus
whoop
hearse
accuse
trough
injure
nervous
loiter
anxious
plumber
minute
tobacco
breadth
marriage
elephant

An acre of land for a burying ground. The soul never dies. A sieve to sift flour. A cloak of blue serge. The choir march up the aisle. Indians whoop. Apply the brakes. Don't touch poison-ivy. A thin gauze covers the glass hearse. We accuse the plumber of using bogus coin. Tobacco injures the health. Drive the calves from the trough. We rode the elephant. For some minutes we were nervous. The breadth of the field. I loitered to view the marriage.

motor
liquor
police
justice
goblet
brooch
social
special
christen
attempt
hearsay
farewell
exercise
examine
example
scramble
eyesight
fortnight
bedstead
headache
multiply
arithmetic
lonesome
good-bye

Write in a short sentence each word in these columns. Use properly
in sentences each of the following: too, knows, here, their, new,
write, wring, pair, fore, buy, blew, road, aunt, cent.

Canada, Canada, land of the Maple,
Queen of the forest, and river, and lake;
Open thy soul to the voice of thy people,
Close not thine heart to the music they make.--_Reade._

RULES.

1. The letters _f_, _l_, or _s_ at the end of words of one syllable
and after a single vowel are usually double; as, muff, ball, grass.

2. Words ending in _e_ usually drop it on adding _ing_ or any other
suffix beginning with a vowel; as, come, coming; bride, bridal;
love, lovable.

3. Words of one syllable, and words accented on the last syllable,
if they end in a single consonant with a single vowel before it,
usually double the final consonant on adding _ing_, _ed_, or any
other suffix beginning with a vowel; as, rob, robbed; mad, madden;
admit, admitting; begin, beginner.

4. Words in _y_ with a consonant before it usually change the _y_
into _i_ when a suffix not beginning with _i_ is added; as, cry,
cries, crying.

5. The apostrophe (') is used to indicate the omission of one or
more letters; as, didn't for did not; can't for cannot; let's, let
us; I'm, I am; you're, you are; isn't, is not.

REVIEW OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS.

accept
accuse
acre
address
aisle
alley
alphabet
anchor
ankle
annual
10

anxious
argue
arithmetic
ascend
attempt
auction
auger
August
author
autumn
20

avenue
awkward
awful
awning
baggage
balky
balloon
balm
balsam
banana
30

bargain
bathe
bedstead
belief
beneath
borne
bosom
breadth
bridal
brittle
40

brooch
buffalo
brutal
butcher
calm
cambric
canoe
capital
capsize
carriage
50

caution
ceiling
cellar
chestnut
chimney
choir
chorus
christen
Christian
Christmas
60

circus
cleanse
citizen
coarse
college
column
compass
continue
cough
creamery
70

crease
curious
current
curtain
cushion
custom
dealt
deceive
descend
dictate
80

divide
dough
drowned
dungeon
dwarf
eaves
either
elephant
enemy
engine
90

English
enough
equal
error
example
except
excite
exercise
eyesight
fatigue
100

feather
February
flannel
flourish
forehead
fortnight
fuel
fulfil
funeral
furious
110

gamble
gauze
ghost
glimpse
gnaw
good-bye
gristle
grizzly
guardian
guessed
120

guest
guide
gypsy
handsome
headache
hearsay
heaven
heir
hoard
hoarse
130

horehound
hostler
humor
hustled
hymn
iceberg
icicle
imitate
injure
ivory
140

jewel
journey
justice
kerchief
knead
knit
knock
knots
knuckle
laundry
150

lawyer
liquor
loiter
lonesome
luncheon
lynx
machine
marriage
mayor
measles
160

measure
medal
meddle
merchant
message
million
minute
mirror
mischief
molasses
170

morsel
muffler
multiply
muzzle
myth
neither
nickel
nimble
nostril
oblige
180

occur
ocean
onion
opinion
ostrich
oysters
palm
parasol
parrot
peddle
190

pedlar
people
picnic
pigeon
pistol
plague
plaid
plait
pleasant
plumber
200

poison
police
possess
potato
prompt
pulley
pulpit
purchase
purpose
pursue
210

quartz
quiver
rascal
razor
receive
refuge
region
reign
reins
rejoice
220

request
rescue
rhyme
roam
rogue
rough
royal
saddle
salad
salary
230

sandwich
sardine
saucer
sausage
scramble
script
scuffle
secret
seldom
sentence
240

separate
serious
several
shepherd
shovel
sieve
skilful
soaring
social
soldier
soul
special
sponge
squirrel
stirrup
255

subtract
success
sword
syrup
system
tassel
temple
tempt
thimble
thrones
through
tobacco
together
tomb
tough
270

toward
treasure
trough
trowel
Tuesday
twinkle
union
until
usual
valise
veil
victory
violent
voice
volley
285

voyage
weather
Wednesday
welcome
welfare
wharf
whether
whose
worship
worsted
wrangle
yeast
yield
yolk
zinc
300

Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour,
Long may he reign!
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King.

PRONOUNCE.

NOTE.--See that the italicized letters are distinctly pronounced.

acorn, ā´korn
acts, ak_t_s
again, a gen´
alder, a̤l´dėr
always, a̤l´wāys
alms, ämz
ant, ant
any, en´ni
apron, ā´prun
asked, as_k_t
aunt, änt
balm, bäm
bath, bäth
baths, bäTHz
bathe, bāTH
beard, bērd
burst, bėrst
calf, käf
calm, käm
can't, känt
catch, k_a_ch
creek, krēk
crept, krep_t_
dance, dans
daub, da̤b
daunt, da̤nt
deaf, def
dew, dū
dost, dust
duke, dūk
duly, dū´li
e'er, ār
elm, elm
err, er
every, ev´ėr-i
fluid, flṳ´id
food, föd
for, for
from, from
gape, gāp
God, god
grimy, grī´mi
half, häf
halve, hav
haunt, ha̤nt
helm, helm
hoist, h_oi_st
hoof, höf
idea, ī-dē´a
ivory, ī´vōri
just, j_u_st
kept, kep_t_
laugh, läf
leapt, lēp_t_
length, len_g_´th
lief, lēf
loam, lōam
loose, lös
lose, löz
moth, moth
new, nū
niche, nich
none, nun
oaths, ōTHz
of, ov
often, of´n
orphan, or´-phan
oven, uv´n
palms, päms
peril, per´il
piano, pi-ä´no
plaid, plād
plait, plāt
poem, pō´em
pretty, prit´i
psalm, säm
quoit, koit
quoth, kwoth
real, rē´al
resin, rez´in
rinse, rins
roof, röf
said, sed
salve, säv
several, sev´ėr-al
sewer, sū´er
shrub, s_h_rub
since, sins
sixth, siks_th_
sleek, slēk
soot, söt
suit, s_ū_t
syrup, sir´up
taunt, ta̤nt
teat, tēt
tepid, tep´id
tiny, tī´ni
tulip, tū´lip
with, wiTH
yeast, yēst

Fāte, fa̤ll, fär, fat; mē, met, hėr; pīne, pin, nōte, not, möve;
tübe, tub, bṳll; TH, _th_en, th, _th_in; oil, chain.

STANDARD III. SENIOR.

GRADE 5.

halve
salve
salmon
almonds
quality
quantity
squander
squabble
tenant
vacant
gallant
remnant
balance
distance
instance
substance

Add --ing to lose, line, lace, pare, idle, leave, ache; as, losing.

Apply salve to the gallant soldier's sore eyes. He halved the citron in an instant. Divide the almonds. Don't squander your substance or earnings. Our tenants paid the balance due. The cottage is some distance off. Squabbling, for instance, hinders quiet work. The remnant of the serge is of choice quality. Great quantities of salmon are caught in the Fraser.

ulcer
cancer
grocer
officer
famine
imagine
heroine
medicine
primary
library
contrary
burglary
guidance
grievance
entrance
hindrance

Add mis-- to step, state, spell, spend, sent, shaped; as, misstep.

A primary pupil's guidance was welcome. The burglary at the grocer's puzzles me. A narrow, misshapen entrance to the library will prove a serious hindrance. Contrary to orders, the officer misspent the money. He gulped a dose of acid medicine. Don't misspell common words. She imagines herself a heroine. The India famine. The knight's grievance. Cancers and ulcers are diseased growths.

altar
almanac
alderman
balcony
warrior
warrant
warfare
war-whoop
alms
isles
phases
phrases
tedious
various
bilious
studious

Add --ing, --es, and --ed to empty, reply, marry, bury, study,
supply, defy, satisfy; as, emptying, empties, emptied.

The warrior knelt at the altar. The tedious warfare had wearied him. The almanac foretells the moon's various phases. What ails the studious scholar on the balcony? Merely a bilious headache. I bade him total the column. I'm satisfied with the supplies. Phrases are not sentences. Isles in the ocean. An Indian's war-whoop. Elect an alderman. Asking alms is begging.

fertile
sterile
hostile
reptile
badger
cudgel
burrow
burial
merely
anxiety
nuisance
riddance
lattice
poultice
crevice
liquorice

Join --ing to upset, begin, forget, omit, prefer; as, upsetting.

Poultice your sore throat. Liquorice relieves a cough. I ate oyster patties. Huge ants crept through the crevice. Alter the lattice porch. His enemies, trudging along with heavy cudgels, looked very hostile. He brews ale or beer from malt. The soil is not fertile, but sterile, fit merely for a burial ground. I relieved a lawyer's anxiety about his collie. Are lizards reptiles? We made a riddance of the badgers. Their burrows were a nuisance.

honest
exhort
exhibit
exhaust
stomach
monarch
vinegar
vineyard
plumage
foliage
drainage
advantage
barrier
carrier
terrier
furrier

Put dis-- before honest, loyal, proved, agreed, lodge, quiet,
honor, credit, figure, own; as, dishonest.

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