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Lesson 35.
Short Sounds of Vowels under the Accent.
ac'ci dent ben'e fit dif'fer ent ad'a mant brev'i ty dif'fi cult am'i ty
clem'en cy fil'a ment an'i mal des'ti ny in'cre ment an'nu al neg'li gent
in'do lent can'is ter pend'u lum his'to ry flat'ter y rem'e dy in'ju ry fam'i
ly reg'u lar pil'lo ry lax'i ty rel'e vant sim'i lar man'i fest pen'i tence tit'u
lar man'i fold pen'e trate tim'or ous

Lesson 36.
SOUNDS OF THE VOWELS, DIPHTHONGS, AND
CONSONANTS.

In this lesson, and in the pages immediately following, will be found
forty-three exercises on the various sounds of the English language.
Some of these have been given already, but are repeated here for the
more thorough instruction of the pupil Let the teacher carefully
discriminate between the different sounds of the vowels, and fully drill
the scholars in their correct enunciation.
1. Regular Long Sound of A, marked a.
make la'tent brave a base'ment safe cham'ber crave a bate'ment gaze
pas'try grave ad ja'cent saint man'gy shave a wa'ken

Lesson 37.
2. Regular Short Sound of A, marked a.
span ad'der crack can'di date trap an'vil gland cal'i co plat ban'ish slack
grat'i tude sham bran'dy plaid mag'is trate
3. Sound of A before r in such words as air, care, marked a.
dare af fair' chair trans par'ent rare de spair' prayer for bear'ance flare be
ware' scare par'ent age glare com pare' square care'ful ness

Lesson 38.
4. Sound of the Italian A, as in arm, marked a.
farm ar'bor guard ar'gu ment harm ar'mor daunt ar'ti choke barn bar'ber
harsh car'di nal yarn car'go jaunt car'pen ter
5. Sound of A in certain words before ff, ft, ss, st, sk, sp, and in a few
before nce and nt, marked a, as in staff.
mass chance gasp chan'cel lor class pass'port quaff chan'cer y vast
mas'ter chant craft'i ness task graft'ed prance ad van'tage

Lesson 39.
6. Sound of broad A. as in all, marked a.
thrall de bauch' drawl au'di ence tall de fault' pawn laud'a ble wart de
fraud' sprawl plaus'i ble awe as sault' warmth talk'a tive

7. Short Sound of broad A, as in what, marked a.
wan wan'ton squash squal'id ness wand wan'der squab was'ish ly squat
squan'der squad watch'ful ness wat'ch wal'low swamp what ev'er

Lesson 40.
8. Regular Long Sound of E, as in eve, marked e.
feel fe'male wean de'i ty keel pee'vish these de'cen cy glee que'ry priest
e gre'gious deem nei'ther cheer fre'quen cy

9. Regular Short Sound of E, as in end, marked e.
ebb pen'ny sledge, en'e my fret sec'ond spread rec'og nize helm ten'der
knelt len'i ty them rec'tor cleft mem'o ry

Lesson 41.
10. Sound of E as in there, marked e, This corresponds with the sound
of a in care.
ne'er par terre' where up on' where ere long' where un to' there of' there
by' where a bouts' heir'ess where at' where with al'

11. Sound of E like a, as in prey, marked e.
they neigh'bor neigh'bor hood whey hei'nous sur vey'or freight o bey'
pur vey'ance deign in veigh' con vey'ance

Lesson 42.
12. Sound of E before r, verging toward the sound of u in urge, and
marked e.
term er'mine terse ter'ma gant pearl ear'ly merge per'son al err per'fect
yearn mer'chan dise learn mer'cer swerve ser'mon ize

13. Regular Long Sound of I. as in ice, marked i.
fife di'et Christ brib'er y crime qui'et spice di'a dem shrine fi'at strive
li'a ble thrive pli'ant slime i'ci cle

Lesson 43.
14. Regular Short Sound of I, as in ill, marked i.
sting piv'ot spring dif'fi dent bliss splin'ter twitch pin'a fore inch tin'der
thick in'fa my strip wick'ed sphinx lit'ur gy

15. Sound of I like that of long e, as in pique, marked i.
pe tite' fa tigue' mag a zine' an tique' in trigue' sub ma rine' ca price' po
lice' ver'di gris fas cine' va lise' quar'an tine

Lesson 44.
16. Sound of I before r, verging toward u in urge, marked i.
stir birth'right girth girl'ish ness first gird'le thirst mirth'ful ness firm
irk'some firth thir'ti eth skirt vir'gin smirch flirt'ing ly
17. Regular Long Sound of O, as in old, marked o.
host po'et chrome fo'lio smoke to'ry blown glo'ri fy sport lo'cate scold
o'pi ate slope so'lo droll po'et ry

Lesson 45.
18. Regular Short Sound of O, as in not, marked o.
bond mon'ster croft lon'gi tude frost pot'ter sconce prompt'i tude lodge
lodg'ment mosque nom'i nate prong yon'der frond ob'li gate
19. Sound of O like short u, as in dove, marked o.
month blood'shed