nks, nkst. Banks, bank'st, sinks, sink'st.
nkd.-Banked, clank'd, winked, thank'd, flank'd.

nz, nst.-Wins, win'st, tans, tan'st, runs, run'st.
nt, nts.-Hint, hints, cent, cents, want, wants.
nch, nchd.-Pinch, pinch'd, blanch, blanch'd.
ngz, ngd.-Hangs, hang'd, rings, ring'd.
nj, njd.-Range, ranged, hinge, hinged.

pr.-Prat, prim, print, prone, prune, pry, prank.
pl.-Plant, plod, plum, plus, apple, cripple.

ps, pst.-Nips, nip'st, taps, tap'st, mops, mop'st.
pt, pts.-Adopt, adopts, adept, adepts, crypt, crypts.

rj, rjd.—Merge, merged, charge, charged, urge, urged. rd.-Card, cord, curd, herd, ford, ward, bird.

rdz, rdst.-Cards, card'st, herds, herd'st, cords, cord'st. rk.-Bark, jerk, dirk, cork, lurk, work.

rks, rkst.—Barks, bark'st, lurks, lurk'st. rl.-Marl, curl, whirl, pearl, whorl, snarl.

rlz, rlst.—Curls, curl'st, whirls, whirl'st, twirls, twirl'st. rld, ⚫rldst.—Curled, curl'd'st, whirled, whirl'd'st, snarled, snarl'd'st.

rm.-Arm, term, form, warm, storm, worm, sperm.

rmz, rmst.-Arms, arm'st, forms, form'st.

rmd, rmdst.-Armed, arm'd'st, formed, form'd'st.
rn.-Barn, warn, scorn, worn, earn, turn.
rnz, rnst.-Turns, turn'st, scorns, scorn'st.

rnd, rndst.-Turned, turn'd'st, scorned, scorn'd'st.
rt.-Dart, heart, pert, sort, girt, dirt, hurt.

rts, rtst.—Darts, dart'st, girts, girt'st, hurts, hurt'st. rch, rchd.-Arch, arched, perch, perched.

sk.-Ask, scab, skip, risk, skum, bask, husk.

sks. Asks, tasks, risks, whisks, husks.

skd, skst.-Asked, ask'st, risked, risk'st, husked, husk'st. sp, sps.-Gasp, gasps, rasp, rasps, crisp, crisps.

spd.-Gasped, lisped, crisped, wisped, cusped.
st, sts.—Mast, masts, nest, nests, fist, fists.
sw.-Swim, swell, swill, swan, sweet, swing, swam.
str.-Strap, strip, strop, stress, strut, strife, strew.

tl.-Rattle, nettle, whittle, bottle, hurtle, scuttle.
tlz, tlst.-Rattles, rattl'st, nettles, nettl'st.

tld, tldst.-Rattled, rattl'd'st, settled, settl'd'st.

ts, tst.-Bat, bat'st, bets, bet'st, pits, pit'st, dots, doťst. tw.--Twin, twirl, twice, tweed, twist, twelve, twain. tr.-Trap, trip, trot, tress, truss, trash, try, truce, trice. vz, vst.-Gives, giv'st, loves, lov'st, saves, sav'st.

zm, zmz.-Chasm, chasms, prism, prisms. zl.-Dazzle, frizzle, nozzle, puzzle.

zlz, zld.-Dazzles, dazzled, frizzles, frizzled.

sht.-Dashed, meshed, dished, rushed, washed.

shr.-Shrank, shred, shrill, shrunk, shrine, shroud, shrew. thd.-Bathed, sheathed, soothed, smoothed, wreathed. thz, thzt.-Bathes, bath'st, sheathes, sheath'st.

ngz, ngst.-Hangs, hang'st, brings, bring'st.
ngd, ngdst.-Hanged, hang'd'st, stringed, string'd'st.
nks, nkst.-Thanks, thank'st, thinks, think'st.
nkd, nkdst.-Thanked, thank'd'st, kinked, kink'd'st.
dth, dths.-Width, widths, breadth, breadths.
kld, kldst.-Circled, circl'd'st, darkle, darkl'd'st.
kl, klz.-Circle, circles, cycle, cycles.

lj, ljd.-Bilge, bilged, bulge, bulged, indulge, indulged. lb, lbz.-Alb, albs, bulb, bulbs.

lk, lks, lkst, lkdst.-Milk, milks, milk'st, milk'd'st.

lm, lmz.—Elm, elms, whelm, whelms, film, films. lp, lpd, lpst, lpdst.-Help, helped, help'st, help'd'st. lv, lvz, lvd.—Valve, valves, valved, delve, delves, delved. lch, lchd.-Belch, belched, filch, filched, gulch, gulched. 1th, 1ths.-Health, healths, tilth, tilths.

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mf, mfs.-Nymph, nymphs, triumph, triumphs.

gth, gths.-Length, lengths, strength, strengths.

rb, rbz, rbd, rbst, rbdst.-Curb, curbs, curbed, curb'st, curb'd'st.

rf, rfs, rfst, rfdst.-Dwarf, dwarfs, dwarf'st, dwarf'd'st. rv, rvz, rvst, rvd, rvdst.-Curve, curves, curv'st, curved, curv'd'st.

rth, rths.—Birth, births, girth, girths, hearth, hearths. rp, rps, rpd, rpst, rpdst.-Harp, harps, harped, harp'st, harp'd'st.

rs, rst.-Nurse, nursed, verse, versed, course, coursed.

thr.-Thrash, thresh, thrift, throb, thrush, thrust, throng, three, thrive, thrice, throat, throne, throve, thrill, thrum.

thw.-Thwack, thwart.

EXERCISES IN ARTICULATION.

Errors to be Corrected.

TO TEACHERS.-In the following exercises, the more common errors in articulation and pronunciation are denoted. The letters in italics are not silent letters, but are thus marked to point them out as the representatives of sounds which are apt to be defectively articulated, omitted, or incorrectly sounded.

U

The most common mistake in the sound of u occurs in words of the following kind: as, crea-ter or crea-choor, for crea-ture; na-ter or nachoor, for nature, etc.

In order to accustom the learner to sound H properly, let him pronounce certain words without and then with it; as aft, haft; ail, hail, etc. The H should be clearly sounded.