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ABBREVIATIONS accented according to Lesson ADDITIONAL WORDS adjectives ǎet åft'er āte bär blø çēde çeive çent çès'sion çişe Çit'y color consonant DICTATION EXERCISES diphthongs diş düçe elean ençe EXERCISES Fill the blanks following words före fôrm füşe given in Lesson Hăr'ri hood ieş Latin letter ling Long sound märch marked mǎt'ie māte ment mis'sion NAMES ness nouns øŭs plural prefix pronounced pūre quad quětte ra'tion rāte Repeat the rule Require the pupil REVIEW rieş rule given sem'i ship Short sound signifies silent silent e Silent letters sound of e Sound of th spelled suffix syllable SYNONYMS tain termination beginning thêre tişe title of honor tive trans unmarked verbs vowel vowel sounds words ending WORDS OF OPPOSITE WORDS PERTAINING
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Page 82 - The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is by easy reading: but a great book that comes from a great thinker — it is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and with beauty.— THEODORE PARKER.
Page 72 - Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, change y into t, and add es; as, mercy, mercies.
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Page 67 - p' is to be preferred because it is a general rule of spelling that the accent determines whether or not to double the letter when the suffix is to be added to a word ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel .... [T] he final consonant is not doubled if the word has more than one syllable and the accent is not on the last.