McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 20

blade	plash	bream	dress	twine
glade	clash	cream	swim	blind
grade	crash	dream	spend	grind
shade	smash	gleam	speck	spike
trade	trash	steam	fresh	smile
skate	slash	stream	whelp	while
brisk	drove	blush	cheap	carve
quilt	grove	flush	peach	farce
filth	stove	slush	teach	parse
pinch	clove	brush	reach	barge
flinch	smote	crush	bleach	large
mince	store	thrush	glean	snarl

Lesson 21

ab’bey	rec’ord	pit’y	col’ter
ab’bot	check’er	dis’tant	fo’cus
atom	ed’it	din’gy	glo’ry
ash’es	lev’el	diz’zy	lo’cust
cap’tor	meth’od	fin’ish	mo’ment
car’rot	splen’did	gim’let	po’tent
cav’il	ves’per	spir’it	co’gent
ehap’ter	west’ern	tim’id	do’tage
chat’tel	bed’lam	pig’gin	no’ted
fath’om	des’pot	tin’sel	stor’age
gal’lon	ren’der	tip’pet	sto’ry
gal’lop	tem’pest	wit’ness	pro’test

Lesson 22

shake	chose	march	pine	oil
snake	prose	parch	wild	moil
baste	those	starch	mild	coil
haste	froze	larch	tile	foil
taste	force	lark	slide	soil
paste	porch	stark	glide	toil
bunch	broth	prism	spent	boy
hunch	cloth	sixth	fence	coy
lunch	froth	stint	hence	hoy
punch	moth	smith	pence	joy
plump	botch	whist	thence	toy
stump	stock	midst	whence	cloy

Lesson 23

Monosyllables miscellaneously arranged.

free	clip	shelf	quest	shine
spin	hate	chide	flax	wore
shad	tape	fringe	still	think
band	race	clock	trim	marsh
pack	mire	cheek	door	booth
bath	kite	full	clung	wince
dock	bank	frock	loft	spray
gold	fell	troop	pulp	join
pipe	pink	glass	grape	friz
club	hilt	lurk	pose	brow
shop	last	cloud	zest	grace

Lesson 24

Words in which the final e is silent.

ca’ble	nee’dle	rab’ble	bub’ble
fa’ble	Bi’ble	sam’ple	bun’dle
ga’ble	ti’tle	sim’ple	crum’ble
sa’ble	ri’fle	tem’ple	muf’fle
sta’ble	no’ble	dim’ple	muz’zle
cra’dle	fick’le	fid’dle	pud’dle
la’dle	am’ple	kin’dle	ruf’fle
ma’ple	ap’ple	lit’tle	tum’ble
sta’ple	baffle	bot’tle	pur’ple
bee’tle	bat’tle	cob’ble	cir’cle
fee’ble	cat’tle	fond’le	sad’dle

Lesson 25

an’gel	ab’sent	bish’op	blun’der
ba’sis	ac’rid	big’ot	blus’ter
ca’ter	blank’et	bil’let	cus’tom
fla’grant	clas’sic	blis’ter	cut’ler
fra’grant	crag’gy	cin’der	cut’ter
has’ty	dam’sel	crick’et	sum’mer
ha’tred	dan’dy	fif’ty	sun’der
la’bel	fab’ric	fil’let	shud’der
pa’tent	fam’ish	lim’pid	thun’der
sa’cred	fran’tic	pil’fer	tum’bler
state’ment	lath’er	pil’lar	ul’cer
va’cate	lav’ish	print’er	un’der

Lesson 26 Dictation Exercises

NOTE TO TEACHERS.—These lessons are intended as exercises in the meaning as well as the spelling of words. Distinguish carefully words of similar sound, but which differ in their spelling. At the recitation the sentences should be read aloud by the teacher, and the pupils required to write them out neatly and correctly upon their slates or on the blackboard.

He ate seven or eight apples. Send the pale maid with the pail of milk. He owed for the paper on which he wrote an ode to the moon. We are not quite ready for the quiet man. Age gives edge to wine. He said the idol looked like a satyr. Clever satire often rouses the idle.