The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous

on Saturday. The angry negro was quite crazy. There were pieces of smooth cloth. The stable is of great size. The thief spied a dainty, square basket. The quiet pony grazes in a huge meadow. Who is that proud person coming along? Eager for some bright tulips.

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      haste

       taste

       waste

      dance

       chance

       France

      alive

       begged

       return

      early

       rising

       clothes

      could

       would

       should

      To tw—add ice, ine, ig, irl, ist, elve, enty. Add—ed to visit, melt, start, hand, scold, load, drift, play, hoot, risk.

      Bears prance and dance. They waste little in France. I chanced to glance about. He should make haste. His mother begged Jack not to climb the bean stalk. She said the giant would be sure to know him, and he could never return alive. Jack kept quiet for he would not tell a lie. He put on his old clothes, and stained his face and hands a dark brown color. Rising early one summer day, he said he would try his luck again.

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      fire

       spire

       quire

      sore

       chore

       swore

      Bible

       wagon

       velvet

      jacket

       mason

       burden

      heavy

       silent

       healing

      With—ire put h, m, s, t, w, squ. Write b, c, f, m, t, w, y, sc, sh, sn, st with—ore. Add—er to clear, dark, soon, neat.

      A sore throat. A quire of note paper. The fore wheels and hind wheels. An apple core. He does chores after school. He snores very often. He swore on the Bible. The wagon tire broke. Squire Jones wore a velvet jacket. He climbs the church spire. Do you know the base-ball score? He bore a heavy burden. Hire the silent mason. His sore thumb is healing. Twist the wires in the cable. I tore my shoe there.

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      ice

       price

       twice

      file

       smile

       while

      death

       mince

       clever

      laugh

       lying

       lovely

      ropes

       plenty

       forever

      Put m, n, r, v, sl, sp, spl, with—ice; and m, p, t, v, w, with—ile.

      Sailors splice ropes. The slice of ice-cream was nice. You may fail twice or thrice, try again. It is worth while to smile or laugh. Lying is a mean vice. The price of a steel file. Put plenty of spice in mince pies.

      Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;

      Do lovely things, not dream them, all day long;

      And so make Life, and Death, and that Forever,

      One grand, sweet song.

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      rove

       stove

       grove

      nose

       close

       chose

      flies

       built

       calico

      lively

       poplar

       greedy

      parent

       window

       hatched

      Write c, d, w, cl, dr, str, with—ove; and h, r, pr, th, with—ose.

      She chose a calico gown. Please close the stove door. A drove of sheep. They roved in a shady grove. They wove tweed from wool. He strove to cross the river. A pair of robins built their nest in a poplar tree near my window. There were four blue eggs after two weeks. From those were hatched four lively birds. They opened their mouths very wide, always greedy for food. The two parent birds were kept busy bringing them worms and flies. Young robins have downy coats.

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      blue

       glue

       cube

      cute

       mute

       flute

      cure

       pure

       rude

      money

       village

       robber

      market

       walking

       tumbled

      Write d, h, s, cl, fl, with—ue. Add—e to tub, cub, hug, plum, cur, us. Add—ly to love, false, wise, live, nice, sure, cool.

      She wears a blue plume. There is no clue to the cute robber. He sued for wages due. Smoke goes up the flue. Glue the cube. A lively milkmaid was walking to market to sell a pail of cream. This she bore on her head. She would buy eggs with the money, and raise chickens. These would bring high prices at the village. She could buy a new gown. She felt so proud she tossed her head. The pail tumbled down and all was lost.

      12 (Review)

      score

       twice

       village

       lying

       heavy

      Bible

       lovely

       chores

       poplar

       clothes

      cute

       mason

       wagon

       thrice

       chance

      built

       early

       could

       quire

       calico

      lively

       money

       tumble

       hatched

       window

      A village mason built a score of stables. A lovely calico frock. The Bible is lying on the window. His clothes are always too heavy. He was hired to clean the wagon and do chores. He offered twice or thrice the money. The cute ducks were hatched early. Buy a quire of paper. Could you tell a poplar tree? A jug of cream. By chance he tumbled down stairs.

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      loud

       cloud

       shroud

      hour

       flour

       scour

      spider

       insect

       tadpole