Review of the Difficult Words.

about
add
afraid
again
air 5
among
any
apple
April
apron 10
army
aunt
awl
baby
barrel 15
basin
bass
beach
beads
beans 20

beard
beast
beat
bees
beech 25
beef
beets
before
being
better 30
bigger
birch
black
bleed
blew 35
blood
bloom
blue
boast
bottle 40

braid
breeze
broom
brown
buggy 45
bump
burnt
burst
busy
buy 50
buzz
cabin
calf
camel
Canada 55
candy
carpet
catch
cents
chair 60

chalk
cheat
cheeks
cheese
chew 65
chirp
choose
clean
climb
clown 70
clutch
coal
coast
coax
collar 75
color
comb
come
copy
cosy 80

cover
crack
crawl
crazy
cream 85
creek
crept
cried
crowd
cruel 90
crumb
crutch
cuff
dawn
dear 95
deer
died
dinner
dirty
ditch 100

does
dollar
done
door
dozen 105
drawn
drew
drown
dumb
Dutch 110
dwelt
each
easy
eel
eggs 115
eight
eleven
elm
eye
fairy 120

false
fence
fetch
first
five 125
fleeces
flew
float
floor
flowers 130
folk
forty
four
fowl
Francis 135
freeze
front
girl
goats
goose 140

great
growl
hair
half
happy 145
hawk
hazel
heap
hear
heel 150
Helen
Henry
high
hitch
honest 155
hungry
idle
iron
jail
kneel 160

knees
knife
lain
lambs
lawn 165
lazy
leads
lemon
lied
lily 170
lion
little
loaf
loose
lost 175
Lucy
maid
mail
mamma
main 180

many
mean
meat
meet
melon 185
moans
month
moose
move
much 190
needle
never
new
next
ninety 195
nineteen
noise
none
nose
oats 200

odd
off
often
once
one 205
orange
organ
oven
owl
oxen 210
paid
pails
pair
pantry
papa 215
paper
patch
paw
peaches
pears 220

peas
peel
pencil
perch
Percy 225
pinch
please
plump
plums
pony 230
porch
praise
preach
pretty
pried 235
proof
pussy
quick
rabbit
reach 240

road
robin
roof
rye
said 245
sail
sailor
satin
sawed
says 250
scald
scarf
school
Scotch
scratch 255
scrawls
scream
screech
screw
seam 260

search
sense
seven
sew
shawl 265
shied
shoes
shoo
sigh
silver 270
sketch
skiff
skull
sleeve
slept 275
small
smoke
snatch
sneeze
snuff 280

sofa
soften
some
soot
soup 285
speak
spears
speech
split
spoon 290
steals
steam
steel
steer
stiff 295
story
straw
stream
street
stretch 300

stroll
studying
such
sugar
summer 305
sure
swamp
swarm
sweep
sweet 310
swift
switch
table
taffy
talk 315
target
tea
teach
team
tears 320

tease
there
they
thigh
thirteen 325
thrash
three
thresh
threw
throat 330
throw
thumb
thump
tie
tiger 335

toad
toe
too
towels
toy 340
tried
truth
tweed
twelve
twist 345
two
ugly
uses
vain
very 350

waist
wait
walk
warm
watch 355
water
weak
wear
weave
wept 360
were
wheat
wheel
where
whey 365

who
witch
wolf
woods
worm 370
worn
worth
wrap
wrist
write 375
wrong
year
yell
young
your 380

bet
betting
hop
hopping
drop
dropping

rub
rubbing
brag
bragging
blot
blotting

come
coming
have
having
hope
hoping

live
living
use
using
like
liking

[STANDARD II.]
GRADE 3.

ate
plate
slate

face
race
brace

size
huge
burst

quite
angry
meadow

larger
became
strange

With —ate put d, f, g, h, K, l, m, r, sk, gr, cr, pr, st. Write l, p, pl, Gr, tr, sp, with —ace. Add —ing to see, be, free, flee.

Does Grace skate? Place the wood in the grate. Brace up for a race. Keep a space for my school mate. Buy a pair of shoe laces. Little Jack Frog once spied a huge ox in a field. He told what a strange beast he had seen, larger than any frog in the stream. His mother became quite angry. She tried to puff herself out to as great a size. But she only burst and died.

bake
shake
drake

game
flame
shame

Nellie
garden
mother's

tulip
dainty
basket

proud
bright
Saturday

Put c, f, l, m, r, s, t, w, fl, sn, sp, st with —ake. Write c, d, f, l, n, s, t, bl with —ame. Add —ful to spoon, hand, care, arm.

Shake the grate and see the flame shoot up. Nellie grows flowers in her garden. Her mother's birthday was on Saturday. Then Nellie picked a basket of bright tulips. These she fixed in a dainty bowl, placed near her mother's seat at table. How pleased her mamma was, and how proud Nellie felt.

fade
shade
spade

Jane
pane
plane

age
wage
stage

eager
quiet
kitten

broke
pieces
smooth

With —ade put m, w, bl, gr, tr; with —ane write c, D, l, m, s, cr. Put c, p, r, s with —age. Add —ly to last, great, swift, apt.

He broke a pane of glass. My knife has four blades. Plane off the stage. What wages does Jane get? Two pretty gold fish were happy in a bowl of water. A young kitten spied them, and jumped upon the table. At first she was quiet, and watched them swim about. She was eager to touch one with her paw. She climbed up the smooth side of the bowl. But it rolled off and broke into many pieces.

gave
shave
grave

ale
pale
whale

able
fable
stable

Topsy
negro
merry

also
learn
garden

Put c, p, r, s, w, br, cr, sl, st, with —ave. Write b, g, h, m, s, t, sc, st with —ale. Put c, f, g, with —able.

Has a whale scales like fish? There are oak staves in the barrel. The male lion has a mane. Read a fairy tale or fable. A pale face. Pave the stable yard. Buy a stale loaf. Topsy is a jolly negro girl. Her father was once a slave. Now he owns a house and garden. He is able to grow many melons and lemons. Besides he raises some fine fowl. He is hale and merry. Topsy hoes the sugar cane. She learns quickly also.

mare
share
square

gaze
blaze
graze

cape
shape
scrape

giant
castle
person

thief
robbed
coming

With —are put b, c, d, f, h, p, r, fl, sc, sn, sp, st. Write d, h, m, cr, gl with —aze. Put t, dr, gr, esc, with —ape.

The mare grazes in the square. As crazy as a March hare. The fare is a dollar. Pare the apples. Scrape the walk bare. See the blaze flare up. Once there lived a huge giant eight feet high. His home was in a strong castle, often hidden by haze. He used to steal lambs, sheep and oxen. The thief spared no person. The farmers he robbed were very angry. But they were scared and tried to escape his coming.

6 (Review)

size
huge
giant
angry
castle

quite
graze
stable
smooth
meadow

eager
negro
quiet
tulip
dainty

thief
pieces
escape
basket
square

bright
proud
coming
person
Saturday

They tried to escape from the giant's castle on Saturday. The angry negro was quite crazy. There were pieces of smooth cloth. The stable is of great size. The thief spied a dainty, square basket. The quiet pony grazes in a huge meadow. Who is that proud person coming along? Eager for some bright tulips.

haste
taste
waste

dance
chance
France

alive
begged
return

early
rising
clothes

could
would
should

To tw— add ice, ine, ig, irl, ist, elve, enty. Add —ed to visit, melt, start, hand, scold, load, drift, play, hoot, risk.

Bears prance and dance. They waste little in France. I chanced to glance about. He should make haste. His mother begged Jack not to climb the bean stalk. She said the giant would be sure to know him, and he could never return alive. Jack kept quiet for he would not tell a lie. He put on his old clothes, and stained his face and hands a dark brown color. Rising early one summer day, he said he would try his luck again.

fire
spire
quire

sore
chore
swore

Bible
wagon
velvet

jacket
mason
burden

heavy
silent
healing

With —ire put h, m, s, t, w, squ. Write b, c, f, m, t, w, y, sc, sh, sn, st with —ore. Add —er to clear, dark, soon, neat.

A sore throat. A quire of note paper. The fore wheels and hind wheels. An apple core. He does chores after school. He snores very often. He swore on the Bible. The wagon tire broke. Squire Jones wore a velvet jacket. He climbs the church spire. Do you know the base-ball score? He bore a heavy burden. Hire the silent mason. His sore thumb is healing. Twist the wires in the cable. I tore my shoe there.

ice
price
twice

file
smile
while

death
mince
clever

laugh
lying
lovely

ropes
plenty
forever

Put m, n, r, v, sl, sp, spl, with —ice; and m, p, t, v, w, with —ile.

Sailors splice ropes. The slice of ice-cream was nice. You may fail twice or thrice, try again. It is worth while to smile or laugh. Lying is a mean vice. The price of a steel file. Put plenty of spice in mince pies.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;

Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long;

And so make Life, and Death, and that Forever,

One grand, sweet song.

rove
stove
grove

nose
close
chose

flies
built
calico

lively
poplar
greedy

parent
window
hatched

Write c, d, w, cl, dr, str, with —ove; and h, r, pr, th, with —ose.

She chose a calico gown. Please close the stove door. A drove of sheep. They roved in a shady grove. They wove tweed from wool. He strove to cross the river. A pair of robins built their nest in a poplar tree near my window. There were four blue eggs after two weeks. From those were hatched four lively birds. They opened their mouths very wide, always greedy for food. The two parent birds were kept busy bringing them worms and flies. Young robins have downy coats.

blue
glue
cube

cute
mute
flute

cure
pure
rude

money
village
robber

market
walking
tumbled

Write d, h, s, cl, fl, with —ue. Add —e to tub, cub, hug, plum, cur, us. Add —ly to love, false, wise, live, nice, sure, cool.

She wears a blue plume. There is no clue to the cute robber. He sued for wages due. Smoke goes up the flue. Glue the cube. A lively milkmaid was walking to market to sell a pail of cream. This she bore on her head. She would buy eggs with the money, and raise chickens. These would bring high prices at the village. She could buy a new gown. She felt so proud she tossed her head. The pail tumbled down and all was lost.

12 (Review)

score
twice
village
lying
heavy

Bible
lovely
chores
poplar
clothes

cute
mason
wagon
thrice
chance

built
early
could
quire
calico

lively
money
tumble
hatched
window

A village mason built a score of stables. A lovely calico frock. The Bible is lying on the window. His clothes are always too heavy. He was hired to clean the wagon and do chores. He offered twice or thrice the money. The cute ducks were hatched early. Buy a quire of paper. Could you tell a poplar tree? A jug of cream. By chance he tumbled down stairs.

loud
cloud
shroud

hour
flour
scour

spider
insect
tadpole

fatter
dipper
friend

appear
become
narrow

A barrel of flour. Scour the dipper. Half an hour. Thou shalt not steal. Clouds in the south shroud the sun. Proud of his friends. The yeast was sour. The toad is dark brown, with a fatter body and shorter legs than the frog. Little warts cover its body. It eats insects, spiders and worms. From its eggs come little black tadpoles. Soon the hind legs appear, then the front ones. The long, narrow tail slowly becomes shorter. So, after some weeks, the tadpoles have turned into toads.

pout
spout
sprout

couch
crouch
slouch

quart
quite
quilt

timid
fellow
supper

can't
seeing
careful

With —out put ab, g, r, sh, sc, sn, st, tr. To qu— add ack, ail, een, eer, ill, iet. With —ouse put h, d, l, m, s, gr.

Fetch the quilt to the couch. Timid quails crouch down and keep quiet. Walk quickly, do not slouch. Plants sprout in the spring. Not quite a quart of cream. "Be careful," said a mother trout to her son, "some school boys shout; they come here to fish." "They can't catch me," cried the foolish fellow, "I know their tricks." He swam off in search of supper. Seeing a plump worm twisting about, he snatched it. There was a loud splash, but one trout swam in the brook never again.

bound
found
ground

ounce
bounce
flounce

squaw
animal
settlers

ripened
Indians
wigwam

easily
season
between

Write h, m, p, r, s, w with —ound.

Sixteen ounces make a pound. A tiger pounced upon the hound. She wears flounces. Bounce your ball. He wound the clock. The French were the first white settlers in Canada. They found here many Indians. These lived by fishing and the chase. They dressed in the skins of animals which they had killed. Their wigwams were easily moved, and often this was done each season. The squaws tilled the crops. They ground the ripened corn between two stones.

light
fight
fright

ought
fought
brought

native
safety
bravely

kettle
candle
tallow

strange
instead
blazing

With —ight put m, n, kn, r, s, t, br, fl, sl.

The Indians were friendly at first, but later they thought it right to fight the French. But these settlers fought bravely. The guns they had brought frightened the natives, who sought safety in flight. The settlers built rude log houses, now a strange sight. Often oiled paper was used for glass. Tallow candles gave light at night. Instead of an iron stove a huge fireplace might be found. Over the bright blazing fire hung iron kettles for cooking.

edge
wedge
sledge

judge
budge
grudge

dodge
badge
bridge

cradle
simple
lessons

rattle
paddle
silently

Write h, l, pl, dr with —edge. Put f, n, sm, dr, tr with —udge.

Trudge to the edge of the bridge. Nudge John. He grudges a badge for the judge. We could not budge the wedge. He dodged the sledge. The Indian baby was strapped into a wooden cradle. The children played many games, and had simple toys, dolls and rattles. They had many lessons not found in books. They knew where to find the birds and animals. They could tell their colors and habits. When twelve the boy could build a boat, and paddle swiftly and silently.

18 (Review)

dodge
fright
cradle
crouch
simple

easily
bounce
judges
native
blazing

quilt
ounce
safety
paddle
friend

kettle
animal
season
grudge
insect

candle
tallow
sought
Indian
between

The Indian crouched down and sought to dodge the animal. My friend paddled in safety to the blazing dredge. He grudges even an ounce of sugar. The judge bought a pound of tallow candles. Simple folk are easily frightened. I tumbled the quilts in the cradle. Are there many native insects? Bounce baby on your knee. A quiet season. Between you and me.

head
bread
spread

health
wealth
stealth

sweat
threat
breath

solid
travel
mostly

letter
post-office
newspaper

With —ead put d, l, r, dr, st, tr, thr, r—-y, st—-y.

Health is better than wealth. Horses sweat. He read tales by stealth. A steady breath. As heavy as lead. Ready to spread the news. Thread the needle. Does he dread such threats? For many years there were no horses in Canada. Travel was mostly by boat in summer. The solid log houses were built along the rivers. There were no post-offices; letters were sent by friends. Newspapers were not known, books were few. A few schools were kept for white or Indian children.

aught
caught
taught

naughty
haughty
daughter

world
heart
every

glory
honor
nation

assist
respect
fortune

I caught the naughty boy and taught him a lesson. His daughter is haughty. Can I do aught to assist you?

To all the world I give my hand;

My heart I give my native land,

I seek her good, her glory;

I honor every nation's name,

Respect their fortune and their fame,

But love the land that bore me.

pause
cause
clause

daub
Maud
fraud

haul
fault
vault

piano
garret
comma

bundle
chamber
scrubbed

Add —en to dark, black, fright, sweet, smooth, moist, weak.

Should you pause at every comma? Read the clause again, Laura. A team hauls a load of pianos. He caused Paul to close the vault. The giant was a fraud. Wipe off that daub of paint. Was it Maud's fault? The young daughter washed the dirty dishes and scrubbed the floors. She swept the carpet in my lady's chamber. Her two elder sisters slept in cosy feather beds, while she had some bundles of straw in the garret; yet she bore all without finding fault.

bough
plough
lounge

count
fount
mount

coach
stately
ladder

fancy
magic
hurried

meant
pumpkin
Cinderella

Join —ing to daub, mount, plough, hurry, count, scoop, hitch.

Do not lounge at the plough. Count the boughs on the oak. Mount the ladder. A fount or spring of water. Cinderella hurried to the field and brought back a huge pumpkin. She could not fancy what use it was meant for. But the fairy scooped it out, then touched it with her magic wand. At once it became a stately coach, beaming with gold and bright colors. She found four mice caught in the trap. These were changed into stout horses and hitched to the coach.

lief
chief
grief

fiddle
riddle
griddle

banjo
until
gruel

polite
amuse
relieve

shinny
visitor
entertain

Write un— with able, safe, just, true, load, fair, learn, tried.

I had as lief have a banjo as a fiddle. Do riddles amuse you? He ate gruel and griddle cakes. Shinny is our chief game. Silent grief is often deep. Always be polite to callers in your home. Should your parents be absent or unable to see the visitors at once, offer them chairs. Stand until they are seated. Try your best to entertain them until some older person relieves you. Then leave the room quietly, closing the door without noise. Be sure to pass behind, not in front of persons.

24 (Review)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

30 (Review)

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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?

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.

pollen
yellow
gather

drones
spines
inside

cells
peal
fleas

hairy
pocket
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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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nephew
swallow
believe
breakfast
currants

sheaves
thieves
stupid
courage
cabbage

Philip
chiefly
beauty
spotted
creature

Stephen
pierce
weight
couple
raisins

celery
written
parcel
squeak
shriek

My nephew ate no breakfast. Stephen swallows the cabbage too hastily. See the beautiful sheaves of wheat. Notice chiefly their hue and weight. Thieves often lack courage. Shrieks pierce the air. Send some celery and a couple of parcels of raisins and currants. The doe and spotted fawn are not stupid creatures. Philip has written to our nephew. New shoes squeak.

Review of the Difficult Words.

[STANDARD II.]GRADE 3.

[STANDARD II.]
GRADE 3.