What other letters represent the vowel sound heard
in _grew?_ What two peculiarities in the spelling of _thoughts?_
Mention another word in which _ou_ has the same sound as in _thought_.
How is this sound regularly represented? What other word pronounced
like _capital?_ (Answer. _Capitol_. The chief government building is
called the _capitol;_ the city in which the seat of government is
located is called the _capital,_ just as the large letters are called
_capitals_.) What sound has _ui_ in _fruit?_ What other two sounds
have we had for _ui_? Would you expect a double consonant in _melons_
and _lemons,_ or are these words spelled regularly? What is peculiar
about the spelling of _calendar?_ What other word like it, and what
does it mean? What other word spelled like _minute,_ but pronounced
differently? What sound has _u_ in this word? What other word
pronounced like _scene?_ Is _t_ silent in _listen?_ in often? Why is
_y_ not changed to _i_ or _ie_ in _valleys?_ What other plural is made
in the same way? Write sentences in which the following words shall be
correctly used: _are, forth,_ see (two meanings), _cent, cite, coarse,
rate, ate, tare, seen, here, site, tale_.
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