The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous

betting

       hop

       hopping

       drop

       dropping

      rub

       rubbing

       brag

       bragging

       blot

       blotting

      come

       coming

       have

       having

       hope

       hoping

      live

       living

       use

       using

       like

       liking

STANDARD II. GRADE 3.

       Table of Contents

      1

      ate

       plate

       slate

      face

       race

       brace

      size

       huge

       burst

      quite

       angry

       meadow

      larger

       became

       strange

      With—ate put d, f, g, h, K, l, m, r, sk, gr, cr, pr, st. Write l, p, pl, Gr, tr, sp, with—ace. Add—ing to see, be, free, flee.

      Does Grace skate? Place the wood in the grate. Brace up for a race. Keep a space for my school mate. Buy a pair of shoe laces. Little Jack Frog once spied a huge ox in a field. He told what a strange beast he had seen, larger than any frog in the stream. His mother became quite angry. She tried to puff herself out to as great a size. But she only burst and died.

      2

      bake

       shake

       drake

      game

       flame

       shame

      Nellie

       garden

       mother's

      tulip

       dainty

       basket

      proud

       bright

       Saturday

      Put c, f, l, m, r, s, t, w, fl, sn, sp, st with—ake. Write c, d, f, l, n, s, t, bl with—ame. Add—ful to spoon, hand, care, arm.

      Shake the grate and see the flame shoot up. Nellie grows flowers in her garden. Her mother's birthday was on Saturday. Then Nellie picked a basket of bright tulips. These she fixed in a dainty bowl, placed near her mother's seat at table. How pleased her mamma was, and how proud Nellie felt.

      3

      fade

       shade

       spade

      Jane

       pane

       plane

      age

       wage

       stage

      eager

       quiet

       kitten

      broke

       pieces

       smooth

      With—ade put m, w, bl, gr, tr; with—ane write c, D, l, m, s, cr. Put c, p, r, s with—age. Add—ly to last, great, swift, apt.

      He broke a pane of glass. My knife has four blades. Plane off the stage. What wages does Jane get? Two pretty gold fish were happy in a bowl of water. A young kitten spied them, and jumped upon the table. At first she was quiet, and watched them swim about. She was eager to touch one with her paw. She climbed up the smooth side of the bowl. But it rolled off and broke into many pieces.

      4

      gave

       shave

       grave

      ale

       pale

       whale

      able

       fable

       stable

      Topsy

       negro

       merry

      also

       learn

       garden

      Put c, p, r, s, w, br, cr, sl, st, with—ave. Write b, g, h, m, s, t, sc, st with—ale. Put c, f, g, with—able.

      Has a whale scales like fish? There are oak staves in the barrel. The male lion has a mane. Read a fairy tale or fable. A pale face. Pave the stable yard. Buy a stale loaf. Topsy is a jolly negro girl. Her father was once a slave. Now he owns a house and garden. He is able to grow many melons and lemons. Besides he raises some fine fowl. He is hale and merry. Topsy hoes the sugar cane. She learns quickly also.

      5

      mare

       share

       square

      gaze

       blaze

       graze

      cape

       shape

       scrape

      giant

       castle

       person

      thief

       robbed

       coming

      With—are put b, c, d, f, h, p, r, fl, sc, sn, sp, st. Write d, h, m, cr, gl with—aze. Put t, dr, gr, esc, with—ape.

      The mare grazes in the square. As crazy as a March hare. The fare is a dollar. Pare the apples. Scrape the walk bare. See the blaze flare up. Once there lived a huge giant eight feet high. His home was in a strong castle, often hidden by haze. He used to steal lambs, sheep and oxen. The thief spared no person. The farmers he robbed were very angry. But they were scared and tried to escape his coming.

      6 (Review)

      size

       huge

       giant

       angry

       castle

      quite

       graze

       stable

       smooth

       meadow

      eager

       negro

       quiet

       tulip

       dainty

      thief

       pieces

       escape

       basket

       square

      bright

       proud

       coming

       person

       Saturday

      They tried to