Long and short Sounds of A, and short Sound of E.
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Lesson 35.
Short Sounds of Vowels under the Accent.
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Lesson 36.
SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS, DIPHTHONGS, AND CONSONANTS.
In this lesson, and in the pages immediately following, will be found forty-three exercises on the various sounds of the English language. Some of these have been given already, but are repeated here for the more thorough instruction of the pupil Let the teacher carefully discriminate between the different sounds of the vowels, and fully drill the scholars in their correct enunciation.
1. Regular Long Sound of A, marked a.
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