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... EXERCISES THEREON ; ADAPTED TO THE REVISED CODE EXAMINATIONS , THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS , AND TO SCHOOLS GENERALLY . THIRD EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . BY E. JONES , B.A. " Though this be madness , there's method in it ...
... EXERCISES THEREON ; ADAPTED TO THE REVISED CODE EXAMINATIONS , THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS , AND TO SCHOOLS GENERALLY . THIRD EDITION , REVISED AND ENLARGED . BY E. JONES , B.A. " Though this be madness , there's method in it ...
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... Exercises ....... Long Vowels - a , e , aw , ō .. Diphthongs ... 4 6 7 10 Exercises .... Words in common use pronounced alike , but spelt differently 11 PART II . ANOMALOUS WORDS . Short Vowels - a , e , o , u , oo Long Vowels - ah , ā ...
... Exercises ....... Long Vowels - a , e , aw , ō .. Diphthongs ... 4 6 7 10 Exercises .... Words in common use pronounced alike , but spelt differently 11 PART II . ANOMALOUS WORDS . Short Vowels - a , e , o , u , oo Long Vowels - ah , ā ...
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... Exercise for Dictation Silent Letters Difficult Words in Common Use ........... WORDS OF UNSETTLED ORTHOGRAPHY . -able or eable ; -or or -our 82 83 83 84 84 85 87 89 90 -ise or -ize -tre or -ter 91 92 En or In , & c . Various General ...
... Exercise for Dictation Silent Letters Difficult Words in Common Use ........... WORDS OF UNSETTLED ORTHOGRAPHY . -able or eable ; -or or -our 82 83 83 84 84 85 87 89 90 -ise or -ize -tre or -ter 91 92 En or In , & c . Various General ...
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... exercises , FREQUENT REPETITION . There has been hitherto no comprehensive and systematic class- ification of the anomalies of English Orthography with a view to teaching Spelling , —Dictation being chiefly relied on for this purpose ...
... exercises , FREQUENT REPETITION . There has been hitherto no comprehensive and systematic class- ification of the anomalies of English Orthography with a view to teaching Spelling , —Dictation being chiefly relied on for this purpose ...
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... exercise books or slates ; because writing a word is the most effectual method of impressing upon the mind the arrangement of the letters . On the importance of Writing as a means of teaching Spell- ing , see " Marsh's Lectures on the ...
... exercise books or slates ; because writing a word is the most effectual method of impressing upon the mind the arrangement of the letters . On the importance of Writing as a means of teaching Spell- ing , see " Marsh's Lectures on the ...
Common terms and phrases
accented Add able affix beginning analogy ance ANOMALOUS WORDS Apostasy aversion boat bond-age cab-bage CHANGE OF LETTERS.-RULE child chough chyle chyme con-val-es-cent DIPHTHONGS DOUBLING OF LETTERS.-RULE dough drachm ence English spelling English words end ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING EXAMPLES EXERCISES final following verbs following words form the following grease guage ible IRREGULAR COMBINATIONS knead language large number last consonant LETTERS.-RULE I.-FINAL LONG VOWEL SOUNDS lyre MAIZE manner form MAX MÜLLER mode monosyllables Noah's ark OMISSION OF LETTERS.-RULE past tense phlegm pity plough practical preceded principle pronunciation race fleece redundant letters rem-in-is-cent retained ribon Rules for Spelling sentences SHORT VOWEL SOUNDS SILENT LETTERS steady ready surplice syllable beginning teacher teaching spelling tendency to throw terminations thyme tion tree try glory UNSETTLED ORTHOGRAPHY Verbs ending vil-lage vowel is added WEEN WORDBUILDING words below add WORDS OF UNSETTLED Write the names zhun
Popular passages
Page 93 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 83 - While hewing yews Hugh lost his ewe And put it in the Hue and Cry, To name its face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use. You brought the ewe back by and by And only begged the hewer's ewer Your hands to wash in water pure Lest nice-nosed ladies not a few Should cry, on coming near you, 'Ugh'.
Page 45 - Final y preceded by a consonant is changed into i before all affixes, except those beginning with i.
Page 88 - Little strokes fell great oaks. hun'ger blan ket trin ket tinker con gress 64 65 RULES FOR SPELLING. L Final e is dropped when a syllable beginning with a vowel is added. 128. -ing. Waste not, want not. bake . . . bak'ing love . . . lov'ing place plac ing trace trac ing make mak ing like lik ing come com ing smile smil ing have hav ing 129.
Page 83 - Hugh lost hia ewe, And put it in the " Hue and Cry ;" To mark it's face's dusky hues Was all the effort he could use.
Page 55 - Words of one syllabic, and words accented on the last syllable, double the last consonant. When a syllable beginning with a vowel is added...