Merrill's Word and Sentence Book: A Practical Speller Designed to Teach the Form, Pronunciation, Meaning, and Use of Common WordsCharles E. Merrill Company, 1891 - 189 pages |
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... Lessons of a character to interest , in order to instruct . STEPS IN A SPELLING LESSON 1. Lesson read orally . 2. Drill on certain sounds . 3. Drill on pronunciation of difficult words . 4. Words containing silent letters and ...
... Lessons of a character to interest , in order to instruct . STEPS IN A SPELLING LESSON 1. Lesson read orally . 2. Drill on certain sounds . 3. Drill on pronunciation of difficult words . 4. Words containing silent letters and ...
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... ' an tip on knowl Similar exercises should be continuequen cil iar with the use of the diacritical ma äunt ex act re cess tongue greas y des sert spell lesson pencil # B The Alphabet ZOZ Dd D d M రే MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
... ' an tip on knowl Similar exercises should be continuequen cil iar with the use of the diacritical ma äunt ex act re cess tongue greas y des sert spell lesson pencil # B The Alphabet ZOZ Dd D d M రే MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK.
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... lesson on a clean slate . here here your your sharp sharp words words spell spell Lesson les son write write clean clean slate slate pen cil pencil 3 The bell rings at q o'clock . blerings There Copy: ...
... lesson on a clean slate . here here your your sharp sharp words words spell spell Lesson les son write write clean clean slate slate pen cil pencil 3 The bell rings at q o'clock . blerings There Copy: ...
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... lesson . bell bell must must there there rings rings copy rose rose book book desk desk copy o'clock o'clock lesson les son 4 - ă , long , ale Copy the sentences and words . What is the baby's name ? Make hay while the sun shines ...
... lesson . bell bell must must there there rings rings copy rose rose book book desk desk copy o'clock o'clock lesson les son 4 - ă , long , ale Copy the sentences and words . What is the baby's name ? Make hay while the sun shines ...
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... in my power . Four and twenty hours a day , Time for work and sleep and play . To the Teacher . - Give an oral drill on the lessons given to vowel sounds . 26-1 , short , m cit y skip still stiff MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 19.
... in my power . Four and twenty hours a day , Time for work and sleep and play . To the Teacher . - Give an oral drill on the lessons given to vowel sounds . 26-1 , short , m cit y skip still stiff MERRILL'S WORD AND SENTENCE BOOK 19.
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Alice Cary animal Avoirdupois ben e capital column comma Copy the words Date Palm daugh Dictation Dictation.—The feet fish flowers form their plurals grain John Howard Payne king land lesson letters little fox long sound mark the long Mark the short measuring ment Mont Blanc Morning's at seven ness Ocean Paul Lu plural form pound Pronunciation.—¹ pupils putting the right quart recite right word river river Dee Root forms Rule.-A short sound silent silent letters singular spelling sponge suffix syllables tion tism tive toil tree tress trout cod vowel wreaths Write the words yard
Popular passages
Page 106 - 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 49 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Page 106 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 58 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Page 77 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 151 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints — 1 quart (qt...
Page 88 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 121 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade — A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 82 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — Never! — never ! — never...
Page 90 - Neither a borrower nor a lender be : For loan oft loses both itself and friend ; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.