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List of Homophones Beginning With H

Posted in Basic Spelling Rules, Education, English, Exercises, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone Games, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, School, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Families, Word Games, Word Study, Words, Writing on June 28, 2007 | No Comments »

Homophone List Beginning With H - Spelling Vocabulary Words
hail, hale
hair (-s), hare (-s)
hairy, harry
hall, haul
hallo, hallow (?)
halve, have
handsome, hansom
hangar (-s), hanger (-s)
hardy, hearty
hairier, harrier
hart (-s), heart (-s)
hay, hey
hays, haze
he’d, heed, heid
heal (-s), heel (-s), he’ll
hear, here
 heir (see air)
heard, herd
heroin, heroine (?)
hertz, hurts
hew (-s), hue (-s)
hi, hie, high
hide, hied
higher, hire
him, hymn
ho, hoe
hoar, whore
hoard, horde, whored
hoarse, horse
hoes, hose
hold, [...]

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List of Homophones

Posted in Education, English, Exercises, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone Games, Homophone List, Homophones, K-12, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, School, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Tests, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Games, Word Study, Words on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »

Lesson 119.
mode’, way; manner.          nay, no.
mowed, cut down.             neigh, to cry as a horse.
mule, an animal.             nit, egg of an insect.
mewl (mul), to squall.       knit, to unite.
mist, fine rain.             gneiss, a kind of mineral.
missed, did miss.
more, a greater quantity.    nice, delicate; fine.
mow’er, one who mows.        owe, to be bound.
muse, to meditate.           oh! alas!
mews (muz), an [...]

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Homophones

Posted in Education, English, Homonyms, Homophone, Homophone Games, Homophone List, Homophones, List of Homophones, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Practice, Practice Exercises, Pronunciation, School, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teacher, Teaching, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Games, Word Study, Words on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »

Lesson 118.
lane, a narrow passage.        main, chief
lain, past participle of lie.  mane, hair on the neck of  a horse.
                               mail, armor.
lapse, to fall.                male, masculine.
laps, plural of lap.           mark, a sign.
leak, to run out.              marque, letters of reprisal.
leek, a kind of onion.         mead, a drink.
lo! behold!                    meed, reward.
low, not high.                 meet, fit; proper.
lore, learning.                mete, [...]

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Spelling - Sounds - Sh sound of S

Posted in Alphabet, Basic Spelling Rules, Characters, Consonants, Education, English, Exercises, K-12, Letters, List of Spelling Words, McGuffey, Mispronunciation, Orthography, Practice, Practice Exercises, Reading, School, Sound, Sounds, Spell, Spelling, Spelling Books, Spelling Curriculum, Spelling Exercises, Spelling Lists, Spelling Practice, Spelling Resources, Spelling Rules, Spelling Words, Teachers, Teaching Spelling, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Words, Word Study, Words on June 25, 2007 | No Comments »

Sounds of the letter S
Lesson 117.
In the following, S has the sound of sh as sure, (pro. shure).
sure’ly     cen’sure    fis’sure   is’su ance
sure’ness   press’ure   ton’sure   as sur’ance
sure’ty     is’sue      as sure’   in sur’ance
sug’ar      tis’sue     in sure’   in sur’er
The following words are spelled, according to analogy, with the
termination se.
con dense’   dis pense’   im mense’    pre tense’
de fense’    ex [...]

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Formal Education

Posted in Education, Education Quotes, Humor, Jokes, Quotations, Quotes, School on June 24, 2007 | No Comments »

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- Albert Einstein 1879-1955

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