1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 rea 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 fate, fat, far, fall, was; me, met, her; pine, pin, sir; no, not, nor, wolf, move, 1. GH before T-Straight, freight, weight, blight, plight, fright, wright, brought, naught, wrought, fraught, yacht. 2. T after S.-Chas' ten, glis' ten, mois' ten, e pis' tle, a pos' tle, pestle, whistle, this' tle, christ' mas. DICTATION EXERCISES. 1. They brought the freight in the vessel. The yacht was found in a sad plight. The wright each day wrought the iron for his tires. The path is fraught with dangers. In his fright the horse ran straight down the road. 2. The father will sometimes chasten his son. The thistle will grow if you moisten the ground. He read an epistle of Paul the apostle, on Christmas. The lad whistles while he uses the pestle. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 fate, fat, far, fall, was; me, met, her; pine, pin, sir; no, not, nor, wolf, move, 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 fate, fat, far, fall, was; me, met, her; pine, pin, sir; no, not, nor, wolf, move, BIER, a frame to carry the dead. FEINT, a pretense. BEAT, to thresh. BEET, a vegetable. FREEZE, to change to ice. FRIEZE, a kind of coarse cloth. FAIR, beautiful. FARE, food; price for passage. HALE, hearty; sound. HAIL, frozen rain; a salutation. DICTATION EXERCISES. A shady beech grew on the beach. They made some nice beer. The soldier was carried to his grave on a bier. The garden beet is a fine vegetable. He cruelly beat his horse. The rain will freeze upon the cloak of frieze.· They feign to enter the fane. That the man was faint was purely a feint. The conductor took the fare from the fair traveler. The hale man fears neither rain nor hail. Hail, to the chief! |