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Reading Exercise First

1. Ape, ache, pay, gay, day. Be, fee, she, thee, key, see. Coo, co, caw, dough, toe, daw. Oat. 2. Me, may, nay, know, shay, show, etc.

11. On, odd, of, upon, fob, cot, God, on, awn, don, dawn, long, lawn, etc. 17. Ebb, egg, beg, ed, said, etc. 18. Air, fair, tare, rare, etc.

Reading Exercise Second

1. Pt, bk, gp, bth, kth, etc. 2. Gn, kng, kn, gf, bn, etc. 3. Mth, mth, mf, mv, ml, etc. 4. In, fin, seen, mean. As, last, mast, etc. 5. Pat, par, bad, bar, cat, pack, pa, bah, king, wisdom, etc. 7. Did, deed, rid, reed, etc. 8. By, ice, etc. 10. Open, poem, pope, etc. 12. Aid, made, etc. 13. Deity, theism, etc.

Reading Exercise Third

The Wa, El, Ra, and Es Series. 2. The Wa Series: Wh [or hw], gw, kw, dw, tw, thw, - Why, which, when, where, language, entwine, etc.

4. The El Series: Bl, pl, gl, kl, and fl, - Glow, glee, clay, etc.

6. The Ra Series: Br, pr, gr, kr, dr, tr, etc, - Brew, prow, grew, etc.

8. The Es Series: sp, sk, st, sf, sn, sl, sw, etc.

10. The diphthongal signs: Spr, skr, str, spl, - Spread, spring, screen, etc.

13. Final compounds. Of the Es Series: Ps, bz, ks, gz, ts, dz, fs, vz, ths, thz, mz, ns, nz, Is, lz, rs, rz, - Hopes, hubs, etc.

17. Of the El Series: Bl, pl, gl, kl, vl, fl. Ra Series: Br, pr, gr, kr, dr, tr, vr, fr, thr, thr, zhr, shr, and nr. 19. Noble, opal, angle, etc. Member, upper, eager, locker, order, etc.

Reading Exercise Fourth

1. Union, united, allude, allusion, assiduous, manumitted. 2. New, new-year, N. Y., N. J., nice, sign, piety. Any, many, money. 3. Do, to, which, that, what, not, for, from, was, one, once, done, where, there, would, could, should, when, said, unto, were, her, sir. 5. Reason, mason, nation, etc. 20. Ad infinitum, In propria persona, etc.

Reading Exercise Fifth

It is, it was, it may be. (Note. - Some of these phrases are written out with the words separated. When this is done, a semicolon follows the phrase sign in the text.) It will be, it would be, it can be. it could be, etc.

Reading Exercise Sixth

1. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, etc. (See St. John's Gospel, 1st Chapter.) 15. Th, th. They, than, then, birth, worth, etc.