1
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.
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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.