Review of the Difficult Words.

able
aged
almost
angel
angry 5
animal
answer
appear
arrive
arrow 10
Arthur
assist
attic
aught
badge 15
banjo
beauty
believe
berries
Bertha 20

between
beyond
billow
blanket
blazing 25
blossom
blouse
bonnet
bottom
bough 30
bounce
breath
bridge
bright
brought 35
bruise
bucket
built
bumble
bundle 40

burst
busily
bustle
cabbage
calico 45
candle
captain
carried
castle
caught 50
cause
celery
cells
cement
centre 55
certain
chamber
charcoal
cheerful
chief 60

chisel
chore
chose
cider
cinder 65
cipher
circle
cistern
cities
clause 70
clench
closet
clothes
cocoa
cocoon 75
coffee
comma
easier
cottage
cotton 80

country
couple
courage
court
coward 85
crayon
crouch
croup
cube
curtain 90
cute
dainty
Daniel
daub
dazzle 95
death
debt
dizzy
doctor
dodge 100

doesn't
double
dreary
drench
drowsy 105
eager
earnest
early
earth
easily 110
echo
edge
every
excuse
facing 115
family
fancy
fault
fawn
fellow 120

fever
fiddle
fierce
figure
fleas 125
flight
flute
forge
fought
fraud 130
friend
fright
fringe
furnace
fruit 135
garret
gather
George
giant
ginger 140

girdle
glisten
glue
goal
graze 145
grief
grieves
group
grown
grudge 150
gruel
halves
haughty
haul
health 155
heard
heart
heavy
hollow
honor 160

hour
huddle
hurried
Indian
insect 165
instead
judge
juice
junior
kettle 170
kindle
laugh
lesson
lever
lief 175
Louisa
lounge
magic
mason
metal 180

meadow
meant
mince
money
mould 185
monkey
mower
mown
music
nation 190
native
naughty
nectar
neighbor
nephew 195
niece
notice
oatmeal
object
office 200

orphan
ought
ounce
paddle
parcel 205
parsley
pause
pearls
period
Philip 210
piano
pictures
pieces
pierce
pitiful 215
plough
polite
pollen
poplar
poultry 220

poured
priest
public
pumpkin
puzzle 225
quaint
quench
question
quiet
quince 230
quire
raisins
Ralph
recess
recite 235
relieve
rhubarb
ribbon
riddle
robber 240

rouse
ruin
Sarah
scarce
scuttle 245
scheme
scholar
scour
scrape
season 250
senior
servant
settler
shoulder
shriek 255
shroud
signed
silent
simple
singe 260

skein
sledge
sleigh
smother
slouch 265
spied
spouse
squall
squash
squeak 270
squint
squirm
steak
stealth
stubble 275
student
subject
surface
swallow
suits 280

swore
tallow
taught
thief
thistle 285
threat
tiny
tongue
trouble
tulip 290
twice
unfurl
unloose
until
urge 295
vault
vein
village
visitor
view 300

waist
waste
wealth
weaving
wedge 305
weight
whistle
William
world
wound 310
wrapped
wreath
wrestle
wretch
wriggle 315
wring
writing
written
yawn
yellow 320

[STANDARD III. Junior.]
GRADE 4.

guide
guard
guess

lose
whose
bosom

prove
worse
worry

worthy
worship
worsted

beggar
ragged
stagger

Add —er to fat, red, in, rob, up, hot, wet; as, fatter. Notice the single vowel and the single consonant at the end of each word.

Guide the ragged beggar up the garret stair. He staggers. Whose bundle of clothes is here? I cannot guess. Fierce dogs guard the fruit. Fasten the bosom of your blouse. Did you lose any money? Don't worry. The trouble might have proved worse. Dr. Lee wears a suit of worsted. We worship the one living and true God. He is worthy of all praise.

cedar
cellar
cigar

crocus
cleanse
custom

mayor
mirror
parlor

sponge
shovel
gloves

circus
govern
common

Add —ed, —ing to shop, grin, stir, skip, chat, strap, sun, grip, mop; as, shopped, shopping.

The deep cellar has a cedar floor. Don't smoke cigars; the custom is too common. The crocus is in bloom. A circus with a wild beast show is coming here. The mayor governs the city. He has a dozen beautiful doves. They hover round our cottage. The mirror in the parlor is of plate glass. Shovel out the earth. Wear no gloves. Cleanse your hands with a sponge.

auger
August
autumn

saucer
sausage
laundry

author
caution
auction

limbs
yield
bored

scarlet
harvest
crimson

Write in full: Sun., Mon., Th., Fri., Sat.; as, Sunday. Aug., August; Sept., September; Oct., October; Nov., November.

August and harvest have passed. October and autumn are here. The leaves are scarlet, crimson, and yellow. Soon they will carpet the ground, leaving the limbs and branches bare. The birds have flown south. The fields now yield them no food. Who is the author of the book? My linen is in the laundry. I bored holes with the auger. Cover the fried sausage with a saucer. Buy with caution at the auction sale.

sorrow
borrow
furrow

feather
weather
leather

tough
rough
enough

detain
obtain
remain

people
squirrel
sparrow

With —low put fel, mel, yel, wil, pil, fol, hol, tal, mal; as, fellow. Write other words in —low, —row, —dow; as widow.

The sparrow, woodpecker, and chickadee remain. But few others of the feathered people can obtain enough to eat. The squirrels are busy hiding away food in their narrow houses for the rough winter weather. They pick to pieces the tough pine cones to obtain the seeds between the scales. Borrow a neighbor's wheelbarrow. Plough deeper furrows to-morrow. Our leather shoes. The widow's sorrow. I'll not detain you long.

ferns
herbs
verse

wonder
perfect
pattern

observe
servant
pleasant

merchant
January
February

curious
furious
serious

Dec. means December; Jan., January; Feb., February; Mar., March; Apr., April. Spring begins Mar. 21; Autumn, Sept. 21.

Winter! It is cloudy but pleasant weather. Snowflakes are quietly falling. Observe the curious patterns. The wind often breaks their frail points. Snow forms a perfect covering for the herbs and ferns. The furious storm did serious damage. The servants were filled with wonder. Merchants buy and sell. January and February are cold months. Recite your verses on New Year's Day.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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knit
calm
bathe
gnaw

tempt
borne
fibres
pores

argue
syrup
divide
walnut

purple
icicle
balsam
peddle

hoarse
knuckle
glimpse
Tuesday

I knit mitts. A walnut tree. Calm music quiets us. He argues in a hoarse voice. We purpose using boughs of spruce and balsam for fires. The dog gnaws the bone. He ate fibres of lean beef. Peddle maple syrup. A purple ribbon tempts me to buy. We had a glimpse through a glass of the pores of the skin. The long icicle was borne away. The boys skinned their knuckles wiring stove pipes. Bathe my sore heel.

berth
stern
asters

offer
differ
suffer

lawyer
lantern
iceberg

vowel
trowel
empire

suppose
support
British

Add —ing to hug, split, clap, flap, flag, wed, span, slam, jar, whir, whet; as, hugging, splitting.

Arrange the asters in vases. They differ in color. I prefer a berth in the stern of the vessel. Icebergs float on the sea. Support the tired mason. Does he suffer pain? I suppose he dropped his trowel. Offer him a lantern. Uncle is a lawyer. The puppy tears the towel. Name five vowels. Potters mould clay. Canada is the largest country in America. In size it is one-third of the whole British Empire.

flirt
shirk
mirth

stirred
twirled
thirsty

angle
jingle
spangle

ankle
twinkle
sprinkle

pigeon
dungeon
luncheon

Add —ed to stun, scrub, trip, brag, trim, tar, rip, club, fan, crop, spur, knit; as, stunned. Copy,—Scotland, Scotch.

The first of July is Canada's birthday. The flirt shirks duty. Mirth is fun. I stirred a pailful of iced lemonade. I twirled about. The pigeons bathe. Spangles glitter. Silver coins jingle. Stars twinkle. Sprinkle roses. Luncheon is ready. We're hungry and thirsty. An ugly dungeon. I sprained my ankle. An angle of the road. Great Britain is the greatest empire in the world. 'Britons never shall be slaves.'

Turk
turf
lurch

murmur
turban
disturb

scuffle
muffler
shuffle

musket
muzzle
union

totter
mutter
stutter

Add —ed, —ing to cheat, chat; root, rot; stoop, stop; chain, hem; as, cheated, chatted; cheating, chatting.

Turks are often cruel and savage. The creek murmurs under the grassy turf. The boat lurched. Don't disturb the woman wearing the turban. Boys scuffle. Take off your wool muffler. He stutters. Play a game of authors. Shuffle the cards. The bridge totters. "Load the musket," he muttered. A fierce dog wears a muzzle. One-fourth of the land surface of the globe flies the Union Jack.

Adam
human
album

capital
several
sentence

enemy
annoy
employ

enjoy
royal
loyal

oysters
destroy
victory

Add —ing, —ed to lock, blot; twist, fit; risk, dip; drift, ship; as, locking, blotting; locked, blotted. Copy,—England, English.

Madam's album contains several fine pictures. Do you enjoy eating oysters? Enemies annoy me. Begin each sentence with a capital. Satan is the enemy of the human race. He tempted Adam and Eve. 'Alfred the Great' is a royal name. He was King of England many hundred years ago; he taught his loyal people to read and write. The Danes destroyed the English villages. The king offered battle and won a great victory.

plaid
plait
hotel

twelfth
welcome
welfare

level
nickel
flannel

ague
fulfil
skilful

shepherd
sandwich
handsome

Add —ed, —ing to sup, sob, wag, bag, wet, step, hum, spur.

A plain is a level stretch or tract of land. Braid your hair into a plait. A Scotch plaid is a shawl or scarf woven in different colors. The twelfth month. Skilful doctors differ. Muffle your throat with flannel. At the hotel we bought a sandwich and coffee for a nickel. Welcome the handsome shepherd. Look after his welfare. Fulfil my wishes. I have fever and ague.

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union
fulfil
angle
ague
plaid

oyster
scuffle
loyal
twirl
ankle

human
jingle
trowel
pigeon
enemy

lawyer
flannel
thirsty
welfare
several

skilful
dungeon
shepherd
luncheon
sandwich

The skilful shepherd suffers from ague. He wears flannel and a plaid. The lawyer's ankles ached. We are loyal to the Union Jack. Several thirsty boys. A sharp angle. Oyster soup. Wait until luncheon for sandwiches. Twirl your thumbs. Sleigh bells jingle. A mason's trowel. Pigeons coo. Fulfil your promise. Satan disturbs human beings. He destroys the welfare of families. The king's enemy suffered in a dungeon.

roam
loam
foamy

whoa
hoard
soaring

gallop
gallon
dreamt

dealt
wharf
dwarf

measure
pleasure
treasure

Join all— to so, most, ways, though, ready, one, mighty; as, also. Notice that 'all' drops one l. Copy,—Ireland, Irish.

The dwarf roams through the country for pleasure. He measures forty inches high. He dealt in teas. The boats are by the wharf. The ponies gallop. Shout, Whoa! The roan's mouth is foaming. The hawk is soaring higher. I dreamt of hoarding up treasures. A soil of sandy loam. I meant one gallon or four quarts. London in England is the greatest city in the world.

crease
greasy
ceased

jewel
gravel
anthem

collect
correct
connect

grizzly
bargain
fountain

inquire
request
butcher

Add —ish to blue, white, purple, self, girl, boy; as, bluish.

The butcher's gloves are greasy. His clothes are creased. My knitting unravels. What a clean gravel road! Correct this sentence. Collect their debts. Connect the two pieces. Elect a chairman. She offers her jewels at a bargain. The fountain has ceased flowing. Inquire the reason. In the Rocky Mountains there are giant cedars. In my travels there I saw grizzly bears. At the Mayor's request, we sang the National Anthem.

medal
final
bridal

veil
heir
rein

throne
peace
dying

potato
tomato
buffalo

tannery
nursery
creamery

Add —y to gust, glass, cream, frost, curl, show; as, gusty. Add —ery to shrub, pot, slip, rob, pig, tan; as, tannery.

Canada is at peace with all nations. Our creamery butter won the gold medal. The final match to-day. A horse's rein. The bride wears a bridal veil. Edward, Prince of Wales, is heir to the throne. Nursery tales may be bought for a quarter of a dollar. A loamy soil suits potatoes. The tomatoes are smooth. The buffaloes are dying of thirst. Leather is made in a tannery.

quill
quiver
quartz

waltz
knead
dough

Esther
sword
soldier

temper
temple
granite

expect
attract
factory

Add —y to ease, breeze, slime, bone, rose, stone, smoke, shine, haste, mire, wire; as, breezy. Notice the final e is dropped.

A leaf quivers. Old Gray's mane. I rapped loudly. Find my quill pen. Esther kneads the flour and yeast into dough for bread. The soldier's sword and shield attract us. We expect the Captain to invite us. Our factory is on the island. Play a waltz. He struck me on the temple. I knew his ill-temper. There is quartz in granite rocks. The male bird led the geese.

button
mutton
glutton

pistol
morsel
nostril

razor
rascal
pedlar

nibble
babble
gabble

accept
offend
defend

Add —y to mud, fur, slop; and —ish to red, hog, thin; as, muddy; reddish. Notice the final consonant is doubled.

Pardon my firing off the pistol. Gluttons eat too much. The pedlar sells buttons. An ill-bred rascal. Is it veal or mutton? He offended me. His nostrils bleed. Punish wrongdoers. Defend your country. Accept these red peppers. The razor is steel. Geese gabble. Chub nibble at the bait. Don't babble so much. Ontario stretches farther south than France. The king's throne.

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heir
peace
sword
veil
dough

waltz
knead
dwarf
jewel
dying

pistol
attract
island
ceased
quiver

accept
rascal
gallon
request
bargain

soldier
buffalo
pleasure
fountain
creamery

"Peace on earth" the angel said. Cease waltzing. Soldiers wear pistols and swords. Knead the dough. A gallon of syrup. A tied veil. The fountain is near the creamery. I accept the buffalo robe with pleasure. A hare's nostrils. A rascal attracts notice. A bargain in jewels. Morsels of bread. A dying lawyer's request. The dwarf is heir to the island. Poplar leaves quiver.

prison
poison
sermon

equal
brutal
usual

heaven
forehead
threaten

comfort
compass
company

valise
sardine
machine

Add —en to lead, wax, flax, birch, wood, earth, wheat, oat, ash; as, leaden. Copy,—A pale maid kneads dough for bread.

Prisons and jails have few comforts. The bottle contains poison. Brutal deeds. Equal in size. The preacher's forehead was high. He spoke of heaven. As usual, the sermon was brief. Is your company coming? Fetch my leather valise. I value my sewing-machine. The needle of the compass points to the North Pole. December's skies threaten hail. The mounted police. A dreary season. The polar seas. A box of sardines.

rogue
plague
fatigue

pastor
favor
humor

ghost
yolk
balky

bullet
pulley
pulpit

rifle
warble
walrus

Place un— before do, lock, dress, veil, seat, fold, hinge, twine, clasp; as undo. Copy,—On the road are boughs and knotty wood.

The rogue is tricky but good-humored. He requests a favor, a loan of a hickory stick. Thieves plague us. The rope passes through the pulley. The pastor of the church is fatigued. His pulpit is of carved walnut. The mules were balky. Rifle bullets are of lead. A ghost story. Eat the yolks of eggs. Birds warble. An Eskimo dresses in furs of the seal, walrus, or white bear.

onion
million
opinion

error
errand
harbor

ivory
history
horrid

Olive
parasol
seldom

region
fashion
cushion

Put dis— before like, please, grace, place, cover, agree, lodge, obey, appear; as dislike. Copy,—The sewing girl sews a seam.

Millions of onions are grown in light soil. Olive seldom offers an opinion on any question. She makes few errors. I go on errands. Touch lightly the white ivory keys. Your parasol is quite in fashion. The cushion is lying on the lounge. Several steamboats made the harbor. Do you read history? That horrid wretch. The Eskimo dwell in the frozen regions. Their reindeer live on moss.

donkey
jockey
volley

alley
chimney
turkey

turtle
curdle
current

nettle
brittle
tattle

hostler
hustled
freckled

Add —s to day, play, key, turkey, jay, monkey, boy, joy, alley, toy, way; as, days. Notice the vowel before y.

Two jockeys rode the prize donkeys. Fire two volleys up the valley. I lent four dozen alleys. Chimneys are built of brick and mortar. Turkeys are dear. He sees a turtle caught. The current of the river is rapid. The milk curdles. The crowd hustled the thief along. A freckled face. Nettles scratched his palms. A hostler stayed at our hotel. Don't tattle. Hickory is not brittle wood. Goats graze in the lane.

journey
nourish
flourish

carrot
beckon
buckle

baggage
engine
endure

civil
citron
citizen

belief
mischief
kerchief

Add —ful (full) to fear, harm, trust, shame, truth, fright, grace; as, fearful. Copy,—A well-bred youth won the medal.

Boiled carrots nourish calves. Reckon the cost of your journey. Palm trees flourish in the south. Buckle my straps. Our friends beckon to us. The baggage is checked. I build steam-engines. I can't endure liars. This soldier prays every day. He is civil and polite to the citizens. Do no mischief. It is my belief that the thief carried off the citron in his handkerchief.

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belief
usual
ivory
valise
alley

ghost
onion
guest
equal
citizen

sermon
fatigue
poison
seldom
plague

heaven
parasol
engine
compass
current

machine
journey
opinion
chimney
mischief

She carries a parasol. Poisons usually kill. The heavens are the higher regions. A muddy stream seldom has a strong current. Our guest's valise. An ivory-handled knife. Sermons on our belief. A narrow alley. Long journeys fatigue me. A knitting machine. A sailor's compass. The hostler plagues me. His good-humor and mischief amuse the citizens. A toy engine. My friend grows onions and citrons. Be civil children.

parrot
ballot
balloon

ascend
descend
lecture

erect
direct
expect

tassel
stirrup
rescue

pursue
avenue
continue

Add —less to law, sleep, cease, leaf, shoe, smoke, dust, cloud.

The parrot says "Pretty Polly." Vote by ballot. We ascend in a balloon. The guide directs us. We intend to descend in half an hour. Stand erect. He expects to lecture. My cushions have tassels. The saddle has stirrups. Hounds pursue the hare. A team of balky ponies on our avenue drew a crowd of people. Continue to improve. Rescue us from being drowned. Jacob and Esau were the sons of Isaac. Rachel was Joseph's mother.

awful
awkward
awning

grumble
thimble
ramble

oblige
refuge
college

package
passage
message

choir
chorus
anchor

Add —en to wide, white, like, straight, bright, broad, light; as, widen. Copy,—I need a whole bundle of tracts here.

An awful example. We sought refuge in a narrow passage, under an awning. The package is awkward to carry. Oblige me by taking this message. The student rambles about the college grounds. Esther grumbles over her sewing. Her thimble is too large. I'll sing the low bass notes. Join in the chorus. The ship's anchor is heavy. The value of Canada's wheat, cheese, and cattle increases rapidly each year.

myth
hymn
lynx

Egypt
gypsy
system

mimic
comic
frolic

antic
picnic
cambric

violet
violin
violent

Add —er to bake, bathe, bite, write, smoke, vote, poke; as, baker. Copy,—Ring the bells. The church bell tolled slowly.

Myths are strange stories. The lynx is a cousin of the tiger. Sing hymns, not comic songs. The parrot mimics my voice. The black-eyed gypsy tells fortunes cleverly. Play the violin gently not violently. Smell the odor of violets. What system of writing are you taught? Watch the antics of the young bears as they frolic in their den. A cambric handkerchief was tied in knots at the picnic.

type
style
rhyme

ceiling
receive
deceive

either
neither
column

gospel
gossip
gosling

tomb
ostrich
purchase

Put —'s after turkey, donkey, company, army, fly; as, The fly's wing. Copy,—A steel knife. The brakes creak.

Purchase the nursery rhymes printed in large type. Either style will suit. Gossips tattle idly. The ceiling is high. I received neither the ribbon nor the ostrich feather. Doesn't he deceive you? Add the column of figures. A gosling is a young goose. 'Gospel' means good news. Richard, the Lion Heart, was a brave knight. He fought the Turks in the Holy Land to rescue from them the sacred tomb of our Lord.

idea
eagle
measles

total
profit
secret

ocean
voyage
truant

prosper
whisper
whisker

Canadian
guardian
Christian

Add —er to cut, dig, chop, chat; as, cutter. Add —y to knot, fat, sun, star, spot, wit; as, knotty. Copy,—Hurrah for Santa Claus and Christmas! The doe's fawn. New Year's Eve.

Eagles are birds of prey. I have an idea that the children have measles. The beaver is a Canadian emblem. Kittens have whiskers. The truant whispers a secret to his guardian. Many merchants prosper. Their total profits increase. Our forefathers came from Christian countries. Their ocean voyage required several weeks.

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idea
gypsy
type
picnic
hymn

rescue
tassel
ceiling
ascend
parrot

chorus
oblige
awful
anchor
college

secret
violet
truant
rhyme
violin

frolic
total
eagle
ocean
column

A gypsy's idea. We need faith and courage. The hymns, rhymes, and choruses are in small type. Lambs frolic. Rescue the bitten parrot. The descent was awful. The ocean steamer is a total wreck. Oblige me by singing a college song at the picnic. The truant watches the eagle. Our secret thoughts. The columns ascend to the ceiling of the tomb. My parasol has a violet tassel. We received a message to weigh anchor.

jostle
bustle
gristle

chatter
shatter
shutter

gamble
nimble
rumble

release
increase
decrease

salad
salary
banana

Add —ish to snap, style; fat, rogue; pet, slave; red, ape; hog, blue; as, snappish, stylish. Copy,—Don't stare at the nun's veil.

The pupils wrestle and jostle each other. Try the lettuce salad. He bustles off to close the shutters. There is gristle in the beefsteak. Will the price of bananas increase or decrease? Monkeys chatter. Their fingers are active and nimble. Heavy wagons rumble along the road. Does thunder shatter window-panes? Release the prisoner. He moans and groans. He loses money by gambling. The honest youth wears stylish clothes. His salary is paid weekly.

deny
reply
supply

chequers
chestnut
chipmunk

burly
furled
sturdy

occur
fluid
bacon

process
success
subtract

Add —ing, —es, —ed, to pity, copy, deny, reply, study, supply; as, pitying, pities, pitied. Copy,—A baby's shoe.

A burly butcher supplies our bacon. Can you subtract? I'll explain the process. The sturdy boy denies throwing chestnut burs. It often occurs. I'm chuckling over my success at chequers. Please reply by next mail. Beef teas are fluid. The chipmunk has stripes on its back and pouches in its cheeks. He unfurled the Union Jack. Busy until recess.

copper
cobbler
toddler

tingle
mingle
shingle

jangle
wrangle
bungled

scorn
scoff
scowl

address
express
possess

Add —ing, —es, —ed, to spy, pry, bury, marry, hurry, worry; as, spying, spies, spied. Copy,—Our family's name.

Don't linger any longer. My fingers tingle with cold. Wait for the wee toddler. The maid's proud gait. Men jangle and wrangle over such trifles. Value this bungled piece of work. Two foul creeks mingle. Shingle the roof. The copper kettle. The cobbler sews shoes. He should scorn to beg. Don't scoff, or scowl at beggars. Doesn't he possess great wealth? Send the parcel by express to my address.

novel
hovel
panel

rocket
bucket
bracket

slipper
blister
distress

perfect
permit
perform

repeat
defeat
retreat

Add —ing, —s, —d, to die, tie, lie, hie, as dying, dies, died. Copy,—The enemy's camp. A lady's veil.

In these hovels the women are almost always reading novels. Paint a perfect panel. The rockets ascend and burst. An oaken bucket or pail. Fasten the bracket with a nail. A pair of leather slippers. Blisters may cause much distress. Permit me to repeat the tale. Perform gracefully. Their army suffered defeat. Many soldiers perished in the retreat.

alter
halter
reward

squad
squib
esquire

tether
whether
together

insult
result
sultry

dictate
imitate
separate

Add —ing, —s, —ed to pay, say, lay; as, paying, pays, paid; and —ly, to gay, day, as gaily. Copy,—He sees leeks in the lane.

Alter the figures. What is the result? What reward does Thomas Johns, Esquire, offer? See the squads of soldiers drilling. Don't insult our friends. Make a squib of this firecracker. A sultry Tuesday. Tie this rope to the horse's halter. Tether him to the stake. Imitate Paul's groan. Dictate loudly. I don't know whether they board together or in separate cottages.

42 (Review)

chatter
gamble
dictate
rumble
gristle

reply
occur
salad
bacon
fluid

linger
scowl
jangle
cobble
novel

banana
possess
defeat
esquire
wrangle

whether
increase
subtract
success
separate

My teeth chatter. A dog chews tough gristly meat. Have some bacon or salad. It won't occur again. A train rumbled past. Try a banana. Fluids flow easily. Choose a novel. Subtract ninety. Squire Hughes lingers a moment. The cobblers separate. The miners jangle and wrangle as they gamble. One chuckles, the other scowls. Increase the learning you now possess. Sometimes defeat has led to success.

engage
carriage
marriage

serge
gauze
sieve

whoop
giggle
wiggle

aisle
brake
script

trustee
prosper
tobacco

Copy,—due, duly; true, truly; whole, wholly.

The trustees have engaged a teacher. The carriage has a brake to check its speed. Don't crowd in the aisle of the church to see the marriage. May they prosper. Boys whoop. Girls giggle. Read the words in script. Make screens of thin gauze. Use a coarse sieve. Your serge suit smells of tobacco. Eels squirm and wiggle. Yours truly. Duly paid. Wholly evil.

abuse
accuse
refuse

funeral
murder
further

bury
coffin
hearse

edging
stingy
bleach

elegant
elephant
alphabet

Never abuse dumb animals. We accused him of stealing. He refused to talk further about the murder. Bury the dead. A plain coffin. The black hearse. Tying his shoe. The edging is torn. A stingy quart. The cotton is bleached. The elephant's figure is not elegant or graceful. Repeat the whole alphabet.

Dare to do right! Dare to be true!

The failings of others can never save you;

Stand by your duty, your honour, your faith,

Stand like a hero and battle till death.—Wilson.

cough
trough
depth

length
strength
breadth

injure
minute
promise

declare
prepare
compare

pious
famous
nervous

My clerk is cheerful but pious. A cough makes me nervous. Famous doctors. Promise to prepare. Under the eaves is a zinc trough. Don't injure your health. Compare answers. The judge will declare the result in a minute. The length and breadth are equal.

All hail to the broad-leaved Maple!

With her fair and changeful dress,

A type of our youthful country,

In its pride and loveliness.

coins
noisy
loiter

voice
rejoice
appoint

acre
agent
crate

soul
choir
reign

instant
distant
station

Collect old coins. King George reigns. The noisy freight train. A distant station. The busy agent sells crates of choice wares. He doesn't loiter an instant. Half an acre. Appoint the hour. The choir sang a hymn. I rejoice to hear that the ointment will heal your wound. The clothes were washed, wrung out, then dried on the smooth beach. Tow the boat. Choose an awl. There is constant pain in my eyes.

desire
retire
advise

advice
decide
excite

pitcher
catcher
hatchet

repair
rowdy
memory

anxious
plumber
umbrella

Add —ing, —d, to dye, singe, eye, toe, hoe, shoe, canoe; as, dyeing, dyed; toeing, toed. Dyeing the cloth red.

The pitcher is excited. The catcher desires to retire. The team is anxious. Give the rowdy some good advice. His memory fails him. The plumber advises me. I decided to buy a hatchet. Repair my umbrella.

48 (Review)

acre
soul
coin
sieve
choir

serge
aisle
brake
bury
gauze

bogus
whoop
hearse
accuse
trough

injure
nervous
loiter
anxious
plumber

minute
tobacco
breadth
marriage
elephant

An acre of land for a burying ground. The soul never dies. A sieve to sift flour. A cloak of blue serge. The choir march up the aisle. Indians whoop. Apply the brakes. Don't touch poison-ivy. A thin gauze covers the glass hearse. We accuse the plumber of using bogus coin. Tobacco injures the health. Drive the calves from the trough. We rode the elephant. For some minutes we were nervous. The breadth of the field. I loitered to view the marriage.

motor
liquor
police
justice
goblet
brooch

social
special
christen
attempt
hearsay
farewell

exercise
examine
example
scramble
eyesight
fortnight

bedstead
headache
multiply
arithmetic
lonesome
good-bye

Write in a short sentence each word in these columns. Use properly in sentences each of the following: too, knows, here, their, new, write, wring, pair, fore, buy, blew, road, aunt, cent.

Canada, Canada, land of the Maple,

Queen of the forest, and river, and lake;

Open thy soul to the voice of thy people,

Close not thine heart to the music they make.—Reade.

Review of the Difficult Words.

[STANDARD III. Junior.]GRADE 4.

[STANDARD III. Junior.]
GRADE 4.