Read the poems until you make a mistake in pronouncing one of the sounds you have learned. Your classmates will let you know when you have failed to speak a sound correctly. Then some one else will read, beginning with the first line again. The words in the third list are helped by have, has, and had. The words in the second list are never helped by another word. In the following sentences put the correct form of the word in each blank. 1. Billy 2. He all the way to school this morning. so fast he was quite out of breath. 3. Your dog has pail. all the water that was in the 4. It was so cold last night that the river 5. The sun had 6. The choir has month. 7. They over. long before we were out of bed. that hymn three times this it last Sunday morning. 8. While we were in the country last summer we a great deal of milk. 9. It is so cold that the clothes on the line have stiff. 10. The balloon rapidly to a great height. 11. How long has Dick there on the rug? down there an hour ago. 12. He 13. Bob has just Fred. 14. Dick likes to 15. Has the water 16. They had 19. Whose kite 20. Have you across the street to speak to on the floor and read. in the gutters? the first song before we arrived six glasses of water to-day. past the house just now? higher, yours or Dick's? all the water in the pitcher? Make sentences for the words in the second and third lists. 89 A STORY TO FINISH It all started when the janitor tipped over the trash can at recess. How the girls shrieked, when out of the papers peeped a little Finish the sentence. Now write the rest of the paragraph. What must each sentence in the paragraph do? Make your last sentence a good ending sentence. Leave a blank line between the title and the story. You all have had exciting moments such as this. Write a story about one of them. follow may help you. The topics that 1. Two blocks away when the last bell rang. 2. At last I had a bite. 3. At the picnic when the little boy fell into the lake. 4. The night the bat waked me up. 5. At the end of the race. 6. A surprise party. 7. How I nearly caught a 8. Almost a collision. 9. It wasn't my train after all. 90 SPEAKING WORDS CORRECTLY Each of the following sen Correct speaking is a habit, just as incorrect speaking is a habit. It is as easy to form good habits of speech as it is to form bad ones. tences contains one or more troublesome words. Form the habit of speaking these words correctly. Read the sentences aloud. 1. Mother, Sarah, and I went shopping yesterday afternoon. 2. Mother bought eleven pairs of stockings for the children. 3. Sarah bought a dozen handkerchiefs and several pictures. 4. I bought an umbrella and a pretty white apron. 5. In one store we saw a valuable piece of jewelry. 6. It was a diamond necklace worth thousands of dollars. 7. On the way home we went to the market for vegetables and oysters. 8. Then we stopped at the grocery store where we usually deal. 9. Mother asked the grocer to send her a hundred pounds of flour. 10. He said that he could not sell her such a large quantity. 11. When we reached home, I telephoned to the plumber about one of the faucets in the kitchen. 12. He said he could not repair it until Tuesday or Wednesday. Write other sentences containing the words in italics. Read your sentences to the class. Pronounce these words repeatedly until you have the habit of speaking them correctly. 91 A STORY THE MAGIC SWORD One Christmas morning, long ago, in the days when brave knights went forth to seek adventure, there came to pass, in the city of London, a great miracle. Suddenly in the churchyard of the cathedral, a block of stone of purest marble arose. On it stood an anvil, a foot high. Through the anvil was thrust a gleaming sword which bore in letters of gold these words: "Whoso pulleth this sword out of this stone shall rule all England." Many knights came to try their luck, but the sword remained fast in the stone. On New Year's day, the barons proclaimed a great tournament. Among those who rode up to London to enter the lists was the brave knight, Sir Ector. He brought with him his young sons, Sir Kay, a new-made knight, and Arthur, who had not yet won his spurs. On the way to the lists, Sir Kay found that he had forgotten his sword and sent Arthur back to fetch it. But Arthur could not find it. "What shall I do?" he cried. "My brother Kay must have a sword. I remember seeing, as we passed the churchyard, a fine sword thrust into a stone. Why not get that sword for my brother?" So Arthur turned and rode in all haste to the churchyard. The place was empty. But there, in the stone, was the sword, its jeweled hilt flashing in the sunlight. Young Arthur seized the sword and gave a vigorous pull. Then a wondrous thing happened. came out easily and lay in his hand. Arthur rode back to deliver the sword to his brother, Sir Kay. The blade And swiftly "I have brought your sword," he said. The young knight grasped it and knew it to be the magic sword of the churchyard. "Behold!" he cried. "Here is the sword of the stone. I that bear it shall be England's king!" "Where and how did you get it?" asked the good Sir Ector. "I have not said I drew it," sullenly replied Sir Kay. "Arthur brought me the sword." "Arthur!" cried the knight. How got you it, boy?" "Arthur brought it! |