2. At dusk the brisk, skillful skater returned. 3. The hungry boy asked for a rusk. 4. The frisky squirrel scampered among the husks. 5. It was no easy task to move the desk and the cask. 6. The new scholar wore a scarlet scarf. 7. Did Miss Schofield say the star in the sky or the star on the screen ? 8. “For eschewing books and tasks, Nature answers all he asks.' Final Consonant Combinations akt, ekt, ikt, ookt, ukt, okt Pronounce the final combinations distinctly: kt kn ks baked darken aches raked shaken leaks liked taken lacks looked weaken racks backed token licks wrecked spoken oaks kicked blacken hawks knocked mistaken likes rocked chicken dikes protect liken sticks subject broken cheeks detect thicken speaks IK elk whelk bilk sulk milk bulk hulk skulk bulky sulky silky hulky 1. The roof leaked and the cloaks are soaked. 2. The peddler liked the baked beans and the leeks. 3. Did Clara spill the milk on her silk dress ? 4. Patrick's bulky package is in the sulky. 5. “So on it went, capering and playing its pranks, Whistling with reeds on the broad river banks.'' 6. "Odours when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.” Final Consonant Combinations agz, egz, igz, oogz, ugz, ogz Pronounce the final combinations distinctly: gd lagged begs dregs begged gigs brigs rigged jogs logs flogged jugs tugs plugged sags tags sagged jigs rags pegged pegs rogues jigged figs twigs clogged frogs bogs lugged bugs rugs hugged leagued jogged bagged shrugged plagued tugged flagged tagged fagged fatigued intrigued 1. The buyer tags the bags of figs. 10. The pedagogues consulted the catalogues to find the price of the drugs. x as in extra is a compound breathed consonant (k + s) Make the sound of k and quickly run it into the sound of s. Webster, ks Funk and Wagnalls, ks Phonetic Symbol, ks 1. Six and sixty are sixty-six. 2. The antics of the oxen vexed the plow-boy. 3. Flocks of ducks were on the lakes. 4. It was six blocks from the barracks to the docks. 5. Frank's cousin thanks Jack's uncle for the books. 6. Mike's oxen drew the bricks to the docks. 7. The smith takes an ax and breaks the locks on the box. 8. The Mexican woman mixes the cakes and bakes them on the bricks. 9. Mr. Wicks sent the box of wax candles to the monks by express. x as in examine is a compound voiced consonant (g + z) Make the sound of g and quickly run it into the sound of z. Webster, gz Funk and Wagnalls, gz Phonetic Symbol, gz 1. The rogues left the mugs on the rag rugs. 5. The examiner counted the kegs and the bags on the brigs. 6. The students were exhausted when the examination was over. 7. The woodpecker eats the bugs and eggs on the twigs. 8. Gordon Griggs claimed exemption from the exam ination because all of his examples were correct. |