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... kind of a word is bark ? Scholar . It is a primitive word and monosyllable . T. What is a primitive word ? S. It is the root from which derivatives are formed . T. What is a monosyllable ? S. It is a word of one syllable . T. Will you ...
... kind of a word is bark ? Scholar . It is a primitive word and monosyllable . T. What is a primitive word ? S. It is the root from which derivatives are formed . T. What is a monosyllable ? S. It is a word of one syllable . T. Will you ...
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... kind nine mite pole lone dolt hind pine site sole zone jolt LESSON 19 . eāpe bōre sōre lõpe gāze nōse nape eore tore mope haze hose tape fore wore rope maze rose sate more eoke bode wane goes BEE ery shy fly bay may boy dry THY ply day ...
... kind nine mite pole lone dolt hind pine site sole zone jolt LESSON 19 . eāpe bōre sōre lõpe gāze nōse nape eore tore mope haze hose tape fore wore rope maze rose sate more eoke bode wane goes BEE ery shy fly bay may boy dry THY ply day ...
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... kind . God will bless those who are kind to the poor . LESSON 80 . brāve brake grave flake shave spake brōke 20 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
... kind . God will bless those who are kind to the poor . LESSON 80 . brāve brake grave flake shave spake brōke 20 TOWN'S SPELLING BOOK .
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... kind ' mis date eoy ish wise ly un ripe mis rate cool ish neat ly un well mis rule salt ish time ly un safe dis like sick ish kind ly un true dis robe dusk ish year ly un hurt dis use Who is he that LESSON 44 . scorns to do or say ...
... kind ' mis date eoy ish wise ly un ripe mis rate cool ish neat ly un well mis rule salt ish time ly un safe dis like sick ish kind ly un true dis robe dusk ish year ly un hurt dis use Who is he that LESSON 44 . scorns to do or say ...
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... kind ' ness dry ness mad ness same ness lone ness low ness fond ness meek ness bold ness mild ness loud ness near ness slow ness rude ness dull ness ripe ness blue ness här ness fine ness shy ness härd ness sad ' ness elear ness din ...
... kind ' ness dry ness mad ness same ness lone ness low ness fond ness meek ness bold ness mild ness loud ness near ness slow ness rude ness dull ness ripe ness blue ness här ness fine ness shy ness härd ness sad ' ness elear ness din ...
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accent adjectives adverbs antepenult bär cate ceive cent cial cif er ous cious cir eum column con test defined denotes its sound dent drol elam elean ence equi fore ful ly ful ness fy-ing-cation härd härm jeet leet lence less LESSON letters mean ment möve ness Nouns ol o gy ous ly pär pärt penult pertaining port preter primitive word Quadrupeds ra phy ri ous Rule ship sion sive sound as heard spell subvocal suffix syllable TABLE tain ting tion tive trans treach tude turb ture ty un vate verbs vert vocals
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Page 116 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, ending with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double that consonant, when they take another syllable beginning with a vowel...
Page 99 - March, the sun rises- exactly in the east, and sets exactly in the west.
Page 151 - If you have an enemy act kindly to him, and make him your friend. You may not win him over at once, but try again. Let one kindness be followed by another...
Page 3 - ... Letters and Spelling, let him learn these and such like Sentences by Heart." By the 1830s, however, spelling was under challenge, and textbooks rushed to redefine its value as literacy instruction. Salem Town's Spelling and Defining Book (1838) insisted that "a child being taught, both to read and to spell, should be taught, at the same time, to understand what he reads...
Page 151 - The road ambition travels is too narrow for friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for honesty, too dark for science, and too hilly for happiness.
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Page 158 - Punctuation and Capital Letters. PUNCTUATION. Punctuation is the art of dividing a written composition into sentences, or parts of sentences, by points or stops, to mark the different pauses which the sense requires. The principal points are the Comma, thus , Interrogation, thus ? Semicolon, ; Exclamation, ! :. • Colon...
Page 80 - ve seen him drop To call our robin in; The line that held his pretty kite, His bow, his cup and ball, The slate on which he learned to write, His feather, cap, and all!