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Exercises in the Use of the Diacritical Marks

Copy the table below and learn the marks and their names.

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(1) Write the word; (2) pronounce it distinctly; (3) name the silent letters and cancel them; (4) name the vowels not silent; (5) give their sounds; (6) mark those requiring a mark to indicate their sounds.

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(1) Write the word; (2) pronounce it distinctly; (3) name the silent letters and cancel them; (4) name the consonants not silent; (5) give their sounds; (6) mark those requiring a mark to indicate their sounds.

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Write the words, mark the accented syllables, silent letters, vowels, and consonants. Vowels having an obscure sound in unaccented syllables may be left unmarked.

John

thigh

co coa

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vict uals

walk ing fore head

dis ease
cur tain

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isth mus

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fright ful po ta toes

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Similar exercises should be continued until the pupils become famil

iar with the use of the diacritical marks.

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Copy:

PART I

1

Do your best, your very best,
And do it every day,
Little boy and little girl,
That is the wisest way.

Copy:

2

Here are ten words to spell. Is your pencil sharp ? Write the lesson on a clean slate.

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3

The bell rings at qoiclock. There is a rose for you. My book is on the desk. Now I must copy my lesson.

bell

bell

there there

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must must

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4—ā, long, āle

Copy the sentences and words.

Mark the long sound of a.

What is the baby's name? Mabel has a canary in a cage. Make hay while the sun shines.

châse chase

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