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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.