How do you pronounce _forehead?_ Mention two peculiarities in the
spelling of _color_. Compare it with _collar_. What is the singular
of _negroes?_ What other words take _es_ in the plural? What is the
plural of _tobacco?_ Compare _speak,_ with its _ea_ for the sound of
_e_ long, and _speech,_ with its double _e_. What two peculiarities in
_neighbor?_ What sound has _ie_ in _friend?_ In the last paragraph
above, how do you pronounce the first word _read?_ How the second?
What other word pronounced like _read_ with _ea_ like short _a_?
Compare to _lead, led,_ and the metal _lead_. How do you pronounce
_mischief?_ Use the following words in sentences: _foul, reign, sole,
strait, currant_. What is peculiar in these words: _parrot? taught?
always? reach? only? leave? island? carried? ocean? notice? built?
dance? brought? get? runner? butt? knock?_
Derivation of words.
It is always difficult to do two things at the same time, and for that
reason no reference has been made in the preceding exercises
to the rules for prefixes and suffixes, and in general to the
derivation of words. This should be taken up as a separate study,
until the meaning of every prefix and suffix is clear in the mind in
connection with each word.
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