34. Words sometimes Mispronounced
Some pupils do not know how to speak certain words correctly. If they did, their talks would be much more pleasing.[44]
Oral Exercise. 1. Pronounce the following words as your teacher pronounces them to you, in a clear, strong, and pleasant voice. Then read the whole list as rapidly as you can without speaking any word indistinctly or incorrectly.
| looking | smiling | talking |
| seeing | laughing | hearing |
| walking | crying | saying |
| running | teasing | eating |
| jumping | speaking | paying |
2. Use in sentences each of the words in the list above. Try to make sentences that will give pleasure to your classmates. Anybody can use the word looking to make uninteresting sentences like these:
Some one is looking for me.
I am looking for some one.
He is looking at me.
Try to make sentences like these:
The boys were looking at Jack's big red sled.
The girls were looking for a story-book at the public library.
The hunter was looking at the panther, and the panther was looking at him.
Perhaps the teacher will write the best sentences on the board, or let the pupils who give them write them on the board.[20]