ruin
suit
debt
earns
group
cells
busily
curve
juicy
doubt
easily
drowsy
glisten
heard
bruise
pearls
cousin
owner
courage
thistle
Will the moist air ruin Lucy's suit? Does Thomas owe debts for coal?
Groups of drowsy children. These young bees work busily making
honey-cells. The pears are juicy. Arthur, no doubt, earns money
easily. We heard of cousin John's painful bruise. The thistle blossom
is light. Wear your necklace of pearls. The owner of the cottage
lives at the curve in the road. Courage! my boys, dare to do right.
The dew glistens.
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arrow
hollow
swallow
flown
grown
mown
Stephen
nephew
cotton
crayon
yonder
beyond
staircase
breakfast
beefsteak
In carry, fry, try, cry, dry, copy, change y to i and add --es,
--ed; I carry wood. He carries wood. He has carried wood.
Like an arrow from a bow the swallow skimmed the grassy hollow. The
larks had flown before the mower had mown the field. Stephen, my
nephew, has shown us cotton, grown in the fields. See the chalk or
crayon marks on yonder cupboard beyond the staircase. I found some
cold beefsteak. After breakfast I slept an hour.
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Ruth
Susan
Luke
eaten
squeal
squeak
fully
bitten
middle
believe
cabbage
suitable
cases
cocoon
wander
In sheaf, shelf, half, wolf, calf, loaf, thief, change f to v and
add --es; as, One leaf, Two leaves. Copy,--Weigh the bee-bread.
Ruth cleans the beans. Luke eats prunes. Mice squeak; pigs squeal.
Look at Susan's cabbage plants! A number of leaves have been eaten
off. Others have pieces bitten out. I believe this worm lying along
the middle of the leaf has done it. Others are climbing the stalk,
just the color of the cabbage. These worms, when fully grown, will
wander away. In some suitable place they will cover themselves with
little cocoons.
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silken
girdle
almost
dreary
weaving
creature
higher
flight
unlike
potted
flitting
sipping
basking
sunshine
spinning
In beauty, pity, mercy, fancy, change y to i and add --ful. In
lazy, greedy, happy, pretty, change y to i and add --ness.
All the long, dreary winter the green worm sleeps in its silken
cocoon. This robe or girdle is made from its own spinning and
weaving. Later on, a beautiful white butterfly will appear. This
lovely creature with black-spotted wings is quite unlike the worm.
Soon it will be flitting about among the blossoms. It is almost
always sipping nectar and basking in the sunshine. It does not make
higher flights.
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Ralph
Joseph
Philip
sleigh
weight
neighbor
couple
double
trouble
parcel
cancel
celery
attic
music
public
In make, shine, have, tumble, store, close, curve, pile, drop e and
add --ing; as, Make bread. Are you making bread?
Joseph is taking the trouble to pick us a couple of pecks of nice
pears. Double as many, or four pecks, is a whole bushel. Philip
weighs parcels of sugar. Cancel my order for raisins. I'm giving full
weight. Ralph is busy driving the sleigh. Wrap up some celery for our
neighbor's son. He studies music in the public school. Our house has
a higher attic. Horses neigh.
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writing
written
scribble
pupil
stupid
student
niece
pierce
fierce
shield
priest
shriek
pawn
fawn
yawn
In take, drive, choke, weave, cure, please, bruise, clothe, drop e
and add --ing; as, He is taking a walk. Copy,--The sun's rays.
This student's writing is a mere scribble. Have the scholars written
their spelling? The pupils yawn. They feel sleepy and stupid. Shield
the little, spotted fawn. The fawn's mother is called a doe. Ella, my
niece, gave a piercing shriek. A fierce dog sprang at the doe. Don't
pawn your watch. The Indian chiefs believed the priest's words.