McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 5

Short Sounds of Vowels.

crab	bled	chip	shot	bump
grab	fled	ship	blot	lump
drab	sled	whip	spot	pump
slab	sped	slip	plot	jump
stab	then	drip	trot	hump
brag	bent	spit	clog	bulk
cram	best	crib	frog	just
clan	hemp	gift	plod	drug
clad	vest	king	stop	shut
dash	west	grit	clod	hush

Lesson 6.

Various Vowel Sounds.

bard	deal	tank	dell	ill
card	veal	rank	tell	bill
hard	meal	sank	well	fill
bark	neat	hank	yell	rill
dark	heat	dank	belt	hill
dint	bang	dime	rave	cull
hint	fang	lime	gave	dull
lint	gang	tine	lave	gull
mint	hang	fine	pave	hull
tint	rang	mine	save	mull

Lesson 7

Long Sounds of Vowels.

blaze	sneer	drive	globe	dean
craze	creed	tribe	drone	bean
shape	steep	brine	stone	bead
state	sleek	spire	probe	beam
crape	fleet	bride	shore	lean
fume	smite	blame	clear	mope
spume	spite	flame	drear	mold
fluke	quite	slate	blear	tore
flume	whine	spade	spear	robe
dure	spine	prate	smear	poke

Lesson 8

Various Sounds of Vowels.

clasp	small	cramp	bring	moan
grasp	stall	stamp	cling	coast
flask	fall	grand	sling	toast
graft	wall	stand	swing	roast
craft	squall	lamp	thing	roach
book	boon	stork	wad	pod
good	spoon	horse	was	rob
took	bloom	snort	wash	rock
foot	broom	short	wast	soft
hook	stool	north	what	lost

Lesson 9

Long Sounds of Vowels under the Accent.

fa’tal	le’gal	lo’cal	cu’bit
na’tal	re’gal	fo’cal	du’el
pa’pal	re’al	vo’cal	hu’man
pa’gan	pe’nal	o’ral	u’nit
ba’by	ta’per	o’val	du’ly
la’dy	di’al	to’tal	fu’ry
la’zy	tri’al	bo’ny	ju’ry
ma’zy	fi’nal	co’ny	pu’ny
na’vy	vi’tal	go’ry	pu’pil
ra’cy	ri’val	ro’sy	hu’mid
Sa’tan	vi’al	po’sy	tu’mid

Lesson 10

Short Sounds of Vowels under the Accent.

al’um	el’der	civ’il	cul’prit
al’to	hec’tic	dit’ty	clum’sy
can’ter	helm’et	gid’dy	dul’cet
mar’ry	fen’nel	fil’ly	fun’nel
ral’ly	ken’nel	sil’ly	gul’ly
nap’kin	bel’fry	liv’id	buck’et
hap’py	ed’dy	lim’it	gus’set
pan’try	en’try	lim’ber	sul’len
ram’mer	en’vy	riv’et	sum’mon
mam’mon	test’y	lin’en	hur’ry
tab’let	self’ish	mil’let	mul’let

Lesson 11

Various Sounds of A.

care	fast	charm	camp	war
mare	mast	chart	damp	warp
share	cask	lard	hand	warm
spare	mask	arm	land	ward
snare	past	yard	sand	warn
game	scar	lake	waft	fray
lame	spar	dale	raft	play
name	star	gale	chaff	gray
fame	garb	cape	aft	stay
tame	barb	shame	staff	bray

Lesson 12

Various Sounds of A.

dan’ger	am’ber	lard’er	clat’ter
man’ger	ban’ter	mar’gin	flat’ter
quak’er	ban’ner	ar’dent	lat’ter
qua’ver	hand’y	ar’my	mat’ter
dra’per	man’na	art’ist	pat’ter
wa’ger	can’cer	har’vest	tat’ter
fa’vor	pan’der	par’ty	rag’ged
fla’vor	tam’per	tar’dy	rack’et
sa’vor	plan’et	ar’dor	van’ish
ma’jor	ham’per	car’pet	gal’lant
ca’per	stam’mer	gar’ment	pat’tern

Lesson 13

Various Sounds of E.

sheep	ce’dar	bet’ter	cler’gy
creep	fe’ver	fet’ter	fer’vor
sleep	tre’mor	let’ter	her’mit
sweep	ge’nus	en’ter	mer’cy
speed	se’cret	ev’er	ser’mon
breeze	re’bus	nev’er	ser’pent
teeth	se’quel	sev’er	mer’chant
sneeze	se’quence	dex’ter	ver’bal
breed	he’ro	mem’ber	ver’dict
bleed	ze’ro	plen’ty	per’son
freed	se’cant	ven’om	fer’ment

Lesson 14

Various Sounds of I.

bird	bri’er	bib’ber	thir’ty
birch	ci’der	bit’ter	thirst’y
chirp	mi’ser	dif’fer	third’ly
flirt	spi’der	din’ner	birch’en
girl	vi’per	frit’ter	chirp’er
shirt	cli’ent	lit’ter	girl’ish
squirm	gi’ant	riv’er	gird’er
squirt	i’tem	shiv’er	stir’less
third	i’cy	sil’ver	first’ly
girt	spi’ral	in’ner	birth’day
gird	i’vy	liv’er	mirth’ful

Lesson 15

Various Sounds of O.

bro’ker	col’ic	cor’net	worst
clo’ver	ton’ic	cor’set	come
drov’er	top’ic	or’gan	love
gro’cer	mor’al	sor’did	dove
o’ver	com’ma	tor’pid	shoot
o’dor	dog’ged	form’al	moon
so’lar	doc’tor	for’ty	moose
po’lar	cop’per	lord’ly	tooth
pok’er	fod’der	morn’ing	gorge
home’ly	fos’ter	orb’it	most
po’em	pon’der	mor’tal	prop

Lesson 16

Various Sounds of U.

hu’mor	but’ter	mur’der	pru’dent
ju’ror	mut’ter	mur’mur	fru’gal
tu’mor	rud’der	tur’ban	tru’ly
stu’por	shut’ter	tur’nip	tru’ant
tu’tor	suf’fer	tur’key	cru’et
cu’rate	sup’per	pur’port	bru’in
lu’cid	mum’my	curl’y	dru’id
stu’dent	mus’ket	fur’ry	ru’in
stu’pid	num’ber	fur’nish	ru’by
lu’nar	nut’meg	cur’vet	bru’tal
tu’mult	stut’ter	bur’den	gru’el

Lesson 17

Various Sounds of the Vowels.

June	furl	husk	from	halt
dupe	hurl	musk	pomp	malt
tune	turn	rusk	romp	salt
flute	churn	stung	long	waltz
plume	hurt	pluck	song	swan
glue	curl	drunk	strong	wasp
droop	deck	chill	for	sheath
gloom	neck	drill	corn	shell
loop	next	quill	fork	shorn
hoof	text	skill	form	shout
roof	desk	spill	sort	shrub
proof	nest	frill	torch	shrug

Lesson 18

Words Accented on the last Syllable.

a wake’	be hest’	be hind’	re cede’
be came’	be set’	be side’	con crete’
be have’	ca det’	be tide’	com pete’
be take’	de fend’	de rive’	se crete’
e late’	de pend’	re cite’	con cede’
per vade’	re pel’	re tire’	con vene’
for sake’	at tend’	re vile’	im pede’
a bate’	con sent’	re mise’	re plete’
cre ate’	im pend’	re vive’	un seen’
es tate’	im pel’	con nive’	su preme’
re late’	com pel’	ex cite’	re lease’