Mcguffey's First Eclectic Reader Lesson IV

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McGuffey's Tip of the Week-April 3, 2012

Substitutes Part 2

List of consonant substitutes

c, for k, as in can.
C, for s, as in city.
Ch, for sh, as in chalet.
Ch, for k, as in chaos.
G, for j, as in gem
n, for ng, as in ink.
S, for z, as in as.
S, for sh, as in sure.
X, for gz, as in exact.
Ph, for f, as in phone.
Qu, for k, as in pique
qu, for kw, as in quite

Out of 21 consonants in the English alphabet, there are only three (c, q, and x) that do not make their own unique sounds; that is, they borrow their sounds from other letters. 'C' can sound like 's', as in 'nice' and 'advice', or it can sound like 'k', as in 'coward' and 'cry'. To further complicate the issue, there are some words, such as 'accent' and 'succinct,, where 'c' makes both sounds.
The letter 'q' is another anomaly. In English, the letter 'q' is almost invariably followed by the letter 'u'. (The few words in the dictionary in which 'q' is not followed by 'u' are mostly words that have been borrowed from other languages.) The English 'q+u' combination can be pronounced either as 'kw', as in 'queen', or 'ask', as in 'unique'.  Lastly, the letter 'x' can represent three different sounds. When it appears at the beginning of a word, it usually sounds like 'az', as in 'xylophone'. When it follows the letter 'e' at the beginning of a word it usually makes a 'gs' sound, as in 'exact'. In all other cases, 'x' makes a 'ks' sound, as in 'box' or 'taxi'.

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3-4 Clipart Lesson IV Castle building McGuffey Third Eclectic Reader

3-2 Clipart Lesson II Johnnys first Snowstorm McGuffey Third Eclectic Reader

3-1 Clipart Lesson I The Shepherd Boy McGuffey Third Eclectic Reader

0-8 Booklet Lesson VIII See the lamp McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page i curtian 2 xsm

0-7 Booklet Lesson VII McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page e curtian 1 xs

0-6 Booklet Lesson VI Rab McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page o curtian 2 xsm

0-6 Booklet Lesson VI Rab McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page b xsm

0-6 Booklet Lesson VI McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page g curtian 1 xsm

0-4 Booklet Lesson IV McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page l curtain 1 xsm

0-4 Booklet Lesson IV McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page s curtain 1 xsm

0-4 Booklet Lesson IV McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page p xsm

0-4 Booklet Lesson IV McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page m xsm

0-2 Booklet Lesson II McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Letter Page F

0-2 Booklet Lesson II McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Letter Page Th

0-2 Booklet Lesson II McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Letter Page S

0-2 Booklet Lesson II McGuffey's Eclectic Primer Letter Page H

0-1 Booklet Lesson I a cat McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page T

0-1 Booklet Lesson I a cat McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page N

0-1 Booklet Lesson I a cat McGuffey's Eclectic Primer letter page N

0-1 Handwriting Worksheet Lesson I: Sub-vocal dD - McGuffey's Eclectic Primer (revised edition)

0-1 Handwriting Worksheet Lesson I: Substitute hard cC - McGuffey's Eclectic Primer (revised edition)

0-1 Handwriting Page - Lesson I: short vocal a - McGuffey's Eclectic Primer (revised edition)

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