limbs
yield
herbs
whose
worry
sponge
cigar
circus
mirror
enough
guess
serious
people
beggar
furrow
saucer
perfect
between
weather
autumn
auction
worsted
squirrel
pleasant
February
Boughs are strong limbs. Don't yield to worry. Govern your temper.
I guessed whose circus he saw. Sponge off the cigar ashes from the
mirror. He ploughs an almost perfect furrow. Great swamps lie between
us. The beggar looks serious. The saucy squirrel eats from a saucer.
Autumn weather is pleasant enough. Our people will auction worsted
goods in February.
7
Daisy
dairy
mainly
rainbow
railroad
sailboat
wired
pores
fibres
toward
mustard
custard
explain
contain
breathing
Add --ing to ask, add, farm, sell, print, chirp, shirk, whirl; as,
asking. Notice the two consonants at the end.
The "Daily News" praised Daisy's courage. In the dairy we make
butter mainly. Hail the sailboat. See the arched rainbow toward the
south. The railroad fences are wired. Explain why mustard seed is
ground. I've a pailful of bait and two custard pies. The tired oxen
were nearly mired. The surface of a leaf contains small pores for
breathing. In the stalk are tough fibres or threads.
8
palm
balm
calm
gnat
gnaw
bathe
capsize
allowed
drowned
canoe
beaver
healing
borne
divide
purpose
Add --ing to oil, bowl, seal, suit, cloud, aim, cook, boat; as,
oil, oiling. Notice the two vowels before the last consonant.
Healing balm will cure the sores in the palm of your hand. We'll
bathe in the calm lake. My boat floats. Are we allowed to paddle
canoes? We might capsize and be drowned. The air is full of gnats
and flies. Beavers gnaw down trees and build storehouses. Trees have
boughs with leaves borne on the twigs. Hidden in the earth are the
roots, which divide into rootlets. Their main purpose is to obtain
food from the soil.
9
icy
icing
icicle
argue
value
avenue
eaves
except
through
alarms
annual
beneath
reckon
timber
lumber
To set, skim, spot, hum, sip, snap, plug, add --ing; as, setting.
To pat, dip, spin, blot, chop, skip, drum, add --er; as, patter.
Coasting down icy hills alarms me. Icicles hang from the eaves.
Spread icing over the cake. Oak is of great value. We wheel on the
avenue. We argued for and against it. Trunks of trees never grow
higher except through cutting off some lower boughs. New growth is
added just beneath the inner bark. Woodcutters observe these annual
rings and reckon the tree's age. Timber and lumber are scarce and
dear.
10
saddle
peddle
meddle
reels
beetle
steeple
syrup
maple
purple
spruce
balsam
walnut
molasses
Tuesday
Wednesday
Add --ed, --ing to camp, dress, scald, lunch, track, clinch, thank,
plough; as, camped, camping. Tues., Tuesday; Wed., Wednesday.
Don't meddle with pony's saddle and bridle. Peddle ice. The beetle
has curious wings. He prizes the flowers. The church steeple is
ninety feet high. The maple, beech, birch, alder, poplar, and walnut
lose their purple leaves every autumn. The pine, spruce, fir, cedar,
and balsam remain green. The sap of the sugar maple, when boiled,
yields syrup or molasses. Tuesday and Wednesday, the third and fourth
of February.
11
knit
knot
knob
knack
knock
knuckle
tempt
prompt
glimpse
whittle
prattle
bubbles
coarse
hoarse
uproar
Add --ed and --ing to groan, cheer, fear, aim, spoil, thread, seat,
pout, fool; as, groaned, groaning.
The knave has the knack of knitting quickly. The old knight kneels.
Cut the knot with a knife. He knocked the door knob with his knuckle.
Be prompt to do your duty. Tempt no one. We caught a glimpse of a
vessel afloat. The captain had coarse clothes and a hoarse voice.
Indians whittle. Hear the uproar. Babies prattle. We blew soap
bubbles on Wednesday.