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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.