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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?