I got three of the seamen's chests,
which I managed to break open and empty. These I filled with bread,
rice, five pieces of dried goat's flesh, and a little remainder of
European grain. There had been some barley and wheat together;
but the rats had eaten or spoiled it.
Questions and Notes. In _calm_ you have a silent _l_; what other words
can you mention with this silent _l_? Note the double _e_ in _proceed_
and _succeed; precede_ has one _e_ with the silent _e_ at the end.
Note that _u_ is inserted into _biscuit_ simply to make the _c_ hard
before _i_; with this allowance, this word is spelled regularly.
What is the difference between _spar_ and _spare?_ What other word have
we had pronounced like _threw_? Explain _tying_ and _tied_.
Did any change take place when _ed_ was added to _tie_? Note that
_four_ is spelled with _ou_ for the long _o_ sound; _forty_ with a
simple _o_. How is _14_ spelled? How do you remember _ie_ in _piece_?
What sound has _ei_ in _weight_? Mention another word in which _ei_ has
the same sound. What other word is pronounced like _bear_? How do you
spell the word like this which is the name of a kind of animal? In what
three ways do you find the long sound of _a_ represented in the above
paragraphs? Make a list of the words with silent consonants?
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