blouse
cinder
quince
centre
answer
view
weigh
metal
skein
lever
wrestle
junior
cocoa
wretch
cipher
doctor
question
cistern
smother
earnest
Daniel
wrinkle
period
circle
poultry
Dr. Jolly is visiting an unhappy wretch. A cinder lodged in his eye.
Her blouse is wrinkled. Will you wrestle Daniel? He ciphers with the
juniors. Answer my question. Weigh the cocoa, John. The centre of
the cistern is a circle. A lever is made of metal. Let us view the
poultry. Pare the quinces. A skein of yarn. For a short period we
almost smothered.
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berry
cherry
cherries
suit
fruit
juice
nectar
number
bumble
honey
perfume
humming
beauty
quarrel
blossom
In berry, fly, baby, pony, story, city, change y to i and add --es.
Use each word; as, One berry. Two berries.
Spring! The berry bushes are clothed in green. The fruit-trees,
cherry, apple, pear, and peach, have lovely white and pink suits.
They are full of perfume and beauty. Hear the humming sound made
by numbers of insects. See the honey-bees, bumble-bees, flies,
and wasps. They are feeding on nectar, the sweet juice within the
blossoms. Do bees often quarrel?
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busy
busily
family
owe
tidy
tiny
debt
doubt
waist
owner
sower
earning
tongue
shining
bottom
In busy, easy, lazy, happy, pretty, merry, change y to i and add
--ly. Use each word; as, The busy bee. John works busily.
We owe each tidy, busy worker a great debt. A bee tumbles down to the
bottom of a flower. Here it reaches with tiny, shining tongue, the
clear, sweet nectar. It is busily storing up for its own family, and
no doubt earning money for its owner. But it is also doing another
and a greater work for us. Without the bee's help we should have few
juicy berries, apples, or pears. A sower sows the seed. The pail
leaks. A girl's waist.
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pollen
yellow
gather
drones
spines
inside
cells
peal
fleas
hairy
slender
rubbed
setting
carried
In easy, lazy, greedy, happy, merry, change y to i and add --er,
--est; as, An easy chair. An easier chair. The easiest chair.
In the bee-hive is the comb of six-sided cells, made of wax. Bees
gather pollen, the yellow dust on the tiny, slender spines inside the
bloom. From this the workers make combs and bee-bread. The queen and
the lazy drones have no wax pockets. A bee pushes its head and hairy
body into a flower. Pollen clings to it and is carried into another
blossom. There it is rubbed off and the setting of fruit is sure.
Fleas bite dogs. Bells peal.
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curly
curve
Arthur
ruin
bruin
bruise
butter
cripple
choking
wound
group
croup
crown
shower
drowsy
In sky, candy, lily, copy, dolly, kitty, change y to i and add
--es; as, The sky is blue. The skies are blue.
Arthur is an honest player. He is tired and drowsy. Emma's maid has
curly hair. Her eyebrows curve downward. The mail bag. Lilies are
fair to see. The maid sighs. Butter will ruin the maid's gown. Bruin
has a bruise on his nose and a cruel wound on his body. A group of
children watch the wounded bear. A cripple is choking with croup. The
sun's warm rays and summer showers will crown the fields with grain.
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earth
heard
pearls
aim
ail
aid
cousin
country
courage
whistle
thistle
bristle
nestle
glisten
cottage
In spy, party, poppy, pussy, change y to i and add --es; as, Is
this a spy? Are these spies? Copy,--A steel pen.
I heard rain patter. A load of earth. Dew-drops glisten like pearls.
Aid cousin Anna. Her wrist is bruised. Aim to please. What ails the
children? The country air will cure the croup. Scotch thistles have
sharp points. Bristles are stiff hairs. Arthur is able to whistle a
tune. Have courage; be brave. The humble cottage nestles beside the
stately castle. Listen, I heard my cousin whistle.