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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.