The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous

loose

       moose

      plump

       burst

       bottle

      search

       proof

       apron

      wrap

       north

       queen

      Make words in—een with k, s, gr, qu; in—oof with h, r, pr. Put ee for oo in tooth, pool, goose, soon, sloop, boot.

      The moose scoops away the snow in search of food. Feel how plump that goose is. If the soup freeze it will burst the bottle. Her apron is too loose. Brush your teeth often. Have you seen the queen? Green plants need much water. We feed beets to a calf. The moose has a big hoof. The keen north breeze makes me sneeze. Wrap up the shawl. What proof can you give that he was wrong?

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      lily

       softly

       lemon

       sneeze

       search

      proof

       wheel

       scoop

       worth

       queen

      wrap

       hawk

       apron

       visit

       twelve

      pussy

       queer

       burst

       bottle

       school

      loose

       sugar

       plump

       young

       birthday

      Is your wheel worth much? Hawks fly in search of young chickens. My brother will be twelve on his next birthday. How softly pussy creeps along. Wrap the lemons in your apron. The queen often visits schools. Where did you buy that queer bottle? That lily is in full bloom. Scoop up the sugar. He threw the trunk and it burst open. What makes you sneeze? Tack down the loose carpet. Plump cheeks. Give proof of being good.

      38

      beech

       speech

       screech

      sleeve

       fleece

       cheese

      elm

       torn

       burnt

      Francis

       touch

       swarm

      mews

       smart

       needle

      To cr—add ept, ied, ops, oss, ock, awl, ack, ib. Write all the words you can from the letters in 'catching,' 'dreamed.'

      Elm and beech trees grew about our school. The sleeve of my coat is torn. Francis burnt his heel; then he began to screech. Do not touch the cheese. The swarm of bees flew into an apple tree. He made a speech about cheese. Let us search for beech nuts. Sew a patch on your sleeve. Where is the needle? We need the fleeces of many sheep. John seems such a smart boy. The gray cat mews.

      39

      book

       shook

       brook

      wood

       hood

       stood

      lamb

       comb

       climb

      soot

       split

       barrel

      cosy

       dinner

       Friday

      Make new words in—ook with c, h, l, n, r, t, cr. To cl—add am, ap, ock, uck, ub, ing, ip, ean, ear.

      John sawed and split the wood. Throw the soot into a barrel. What a cosy nook this is. Can you climb a high beech tree? See the crook in the stick uncle uses. Cook a lamb chop. Men comb wool and flax. I lost two fish hooks in the brook. The lamb cannot climb over that rock. My new hood is made from Scotch wool. Mamma cooks dinner on Friday. She took a look at my story book. He uses a black comb.

      40

      paid

       maid

       braid

      gain

       pain

       grain

      eleven

       thirteen

       fifteen

      Abel

       raise

       honest

      basin

       truth

       always

      With—ain put C, l, m, r, v, ch, pl, sl, st, br, dr, tr, spr, str. Add—teen to four, six, seven, eight, nine. (Note eighteen.)

      I paid eleven cents for braid. If sold for thirteen cents find the gain. Did you sprain your wrist? Yes, and it gives great pain. Abel was slain by his brother Cain. The maid has lain down. Wait till I raise the chest. The grain needs much rain. Strain the soup into a basin. Honest work is not done in vain. Always tell the plain truth. The iron chain has fifteen links. The main thing is not to be afraid of work.

      41

      fail

       jail

       snail

      air

       stair

       fairy

      clerk

       nobody

       month

      twenty

       thirty

       forty

      July

       April

       cruel

      Make new words in—ail with b, h, m, n, p, r, s, t, w, fl, fr, tr. Add—y to sh, sk, th, fl, sl, sp, st, dr, cr, fr, tr, spr.

      A steel rail was loose. The mail train ran off, nobody was hurt. Bail out your sail boat. The snail crawls under the pail. Were you afraid of a fairy? Flails were used to thresh grain. The maid with fair hair fell down stairs. The clerk was sent to jail for twenty days. Uncle is paid forty dollars a month. Fix that frail chair with a strong nail. April has thirty days, July thirty-one. It was cruel to cut off the tail of that dog.

      42

      died

       lied

       cried

      hoe

       foe

       toe

      chirp

       churn

       chunk

      spill

       whey

       first

      move

       David

       choose

      To ch—add in, ill, aff, ew, ain, est, oose, eese, eck, ick, ore, air, arm, urch. With—ied put t, sh, sp, tr, fr, dr, pr.

      The hoe struck his toe and he cried. She tied her apron strings. The colt shied and tried to jump over the fence. The flowers soon died. A chunk of beech wood burns well. Spill the whey from the churn.