McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Pictorial Alphabet

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

McGUFFEY’S
ECLECTIC SPELLING-BOOK.

Lesson 1 Short Sounds of Vowels

Short Sound of A.

am	cat	gap	ban	cap
an	bad	bag	can	map
as	mad	gag	fan	nap
at	pad	hag	pan	rap
ax	sad	lag	ran	hap
rat	gad	tag	tan	jam
sat	sap	fag	van	ham

Short Sound of E.

bed	den	net	sell	tent
led	ken	pet	nest	rent
red	men	set	zest	sent
wed	wen	yet	test	went
beg	jet	sex	pest	felt
leg	let	fell	rest	pelt
hen	met	bell	jest	melt

Lesson 2 Short Sounds of Vowels — Continued

Short Sound of I.

if	rid	him	sin	jig
it	lid	rim	tin	rig
is	sip	fix	dig	bib
bit	tip	six	fig	jib
hit	nip	din	big	rib
sit	lip	pin	pig	fib

Short Sound of O.

on	cob	nod	box	dot
ox	job	pod	hop	jot
got	rob	rod	mop	lot
cot	sob	log	sop	pot
jot	cod	hog	pop	rot
lot	God	dog	top	not

Short Sound of U.

up	mud	rum	rut	gush
us	dug	sum	hung	dust
cub	mug	bun	bung	must
hub	pug	dun	lung	rust
rub	tug	run	sung	gust
bud	jug	sun	hulk	drum

Lesson 3.

Review of Short Sounds of Vowels

man	lap	pat	tap	had
fin	get	ten	wet	peg
fit	dim	mix	hid	his
hot	rot	fob	dot	con
rug	hum	fun	hut	cut

had	fun	hug	gum	flog
den	fog	dip	nag	dram
did	tub	fog	bet	help
sod	hod	gun	pen	lift
lad	bet	did	cog	rush