The Alberta Public School Speller. Anonymous
boat
sister
father
mother
brother
Put d, h, J, m, n, p, ch, sl, st, with—ew; and b, st, c, th, with—rew. Add—er to work, talk, farm, bank, fish, thresh.
He threw the screws under the cabin. The Jew slew a tiger. The storm blew and the good boat flew. Yet few of her crew were lost. The calf chews straw. I have a father and mother, two brothers and three sisters. Tie your shoe before you lie down. Brew the tea. Is your father a farmer? Henry is a great talker.
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tree
free
three
feed
weed
bleed
seed
steed
tweed
hitch
buggy
against
sure
began
among
beef
broth
soup
With—ee put b, f, s, w, th, kn. Add—ing to feed, seed, buy, try, work, hear, talk, see, add.
Hitch the steed to the buggy. Buy a tweed coat. He hurt his knee against a tree. It began to bleed. Feed the horse half a peck of oats. Make sure there are no weeds among the seeds. Fetch some beef broth or soup. The blue-bird has a nest with four wee eggs. Are you sure you write and spell well?
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boat
wrist
melon
tweed
quickly
soup
slew
waist
chews
growl
Lucy
shawl
dwelt
swamp
scratch
come
knelt
cabin
Canada
buggy
lion
tiger
sprang
among
against
The lion sprang upon the tiger and quickly slew him. The cabin of the boat was full of melons. Lucy wears a tweed belt about her waist. Dogs growl in the swamp. There comes our buggy. I knelt upon the shawl. He dwelt in Canada. Fetch some soup. I scratch my wrist against a tree. Chew the beef well.
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eel
heel
wheel
cool
spool
school
after
carpet
summer
made
swells
lemons
jerk
away
chums
Make new words in—eel with f, p, st, kn; in—ool with f, p, t, st. With—eek put m, s, w, ch, sl, cr. Cows cry moo.
See the eel swim after the perch. Our school is kept too cool in summer. Kneel on the thick carpet. Does Henry use a swift wheel? There are seven days in one week. The lump on my heel feels soft. Jerk away the stool. Mamma sent me to buy lemon peel. Our best tools are made of steel. A spool of silk sells for nine cents. Do not try to fool your chums. How sleek our pony looks. It is too cold to swim in the creek.
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keep
weep
creep
hoop
droop
stoop
pussy
softly
twelve
yarn
hawk
farmers
roof
along
scrub
With—eep put d, p, sh, sl, st, sw. Put—oop with c, l, sc, sl, sw. Add—ing to such of these as you can.
Some boys keep watch over the sheep. I did not sleep till twelve o'clock. Pussy creeps softly to catch the mice. Stoop down and scoop up the pool of water. Please tie a loop in this yarn. Farmers often keep fowl in a coop. Then the hawk cannot swoop down upon them. The roof is too steep. Why do the flowers droop? Scrub the front stoop. Were you weeping just now? Roll your hoop along the road.
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beet
sweet
street
boot
root
shoot
those
sugar
target
under
train
worth
visit
snow
winter
With—eet put f, m, fl, gr, sh, sl; with—oot put h, t, sc. Put another o in drop, stop, hot, shot, hop; as—drop, droop.
In some beets there is much sugar. Shoot at a target, not at birds. How much are those boots worth? We sleep under a cool sheet. Meet your aunt at the train and greet her kindly. How many feet have four horses? Snow and sleet come in winter. Owls hoot. John toots on his new horn. The boys scoot down the street. Will you visit us again? The fleet will meet next week. Some roots are sweet.
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beer
deer
steer
room
bloom
broom
clean
better
young
gone
being
birthday
sun
lily
bigger
Put ch, qu, sn, with—eer; and b, d, l, gl, gr, with—oom. Make new words in—oon with c, l, m, n, s, sp.
A new broom sweeps clean. Sun and water make the lily bloom. Tea is better than beer. Many deer live in Canada. Steers are young oxen. Three cheers for our school. Booms keep logs from being lost. He has gone to groom the pony. Tweed cloth is made in a loom. Is the moon bigger than the sun? What a queer bird the loon is. Uncle gave me a silver spoon on my birthday. Some deer feed on lily roots. Too large or too small.
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breeze
freeze
sneeze
goose