Review Lessons 21-24. Write the words in columns according to the number of syllables. SIXTH WEEK 26 Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. One example is worth a thousand arguments.-GLADSTONE doughnut shipwreck schoolmate Separate each of these compound words into its parts. Tell what the compound means. drawbridge In these words, mark the long and short vowels with the macron or the breve. drow' sy Review Lessons 31-34. Write the plural form of each noun in these lessons. EIGHTH WEEK 36 Character gives splendor to youth and awe to wrinkled skin and Use each of these words in a sentence that shows the meaning of the word. Words that are pronounced alike, but are different in meaning are called homonyms. Review Lessons 36-39. Write a list of your favorite games. NINTH WEEK 41 Ah! on Thanksgiving Day, when from East-and from West, What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? Write a letter about Thanksgiving Day, using all the words of niece neph' ew Write sentences, combining correctly an adjective from the first two columns with a noun from the last two. To denote possession: Add the apostrophe and s ('s) to a singular noun; as girl's. To a plural noun ending in s, add the apostrophe ('); as girls'. To a plural noun not ending in s, add the apostrophe and s ('s); as women's. Write the possessive singular and plural of child, boy, scholar, baby. Explain how the possessive plural is formed in each case. Review Lessons 41-44. 45. REVIEW TENTH WEEK 46 Silent e is dropped when it precedes the endings -ed and -ing; as bake, baked, baking. In words of one syllable, and words accented on the last syllable, a single consonant after a single vowel is doubled before-ed and -ing; as drop, dropped, dropping. Write the -ing form of the following verbs. Also the past tense. Come, hope, lose, raise, change, drive, dare, breathe. Hop, trip, begin, trim, forget, slip, wrap, get. Spell all these words. Write a few similar phrases that you have heard. |