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