Wheeler's Elementary Speller
• Lessons 165 & 166 (Page 86)
Short ŭ Dissyllables • Unaccented Suffix Doubling Law • Long ā in Open Syllables
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Part 1: Lesson 165 • Short ŭ as in tub, marked ŭ (12 Words)
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Short ŭ • 26px Tracks
study
/ˈstʌdi/
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v./n. learn attentively
under
/ˈʌndər/
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prep. beneath; below
uttered
/ˈʌtərd/
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v. spoke; expressed aloud
muzzle
/ˈmʌzəl/
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n. snout or snout guard
sunset
/ˈsʌnsɛt/
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n. evening descent of sun
funny
/ˈfʌni/
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adj. comical; amusing
buttered
/ˈbʌtərd/
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v. spread with rich butter
puzzle
/ˈpʌzəl/
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n./v. perplexing riddle
summer
/ˈsʌmər/
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n. warmest sunny season
muddy
/ˈmʌdi/
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adj. soiled with wet dirt
muttering
/ˈmʌtərɪŋ/
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v. speaking low and indistinct
punish
/ˈpʌnɪʃ/
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v. correct a wrongdoing
Part 2: Wheeler's Law • Consonant Doubling & Syllable Accent
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Morphological Law
Wheeler's Rule:
"Notice that a final consonant after a short vowel is not doubled where the syllable is not accented."
1. Base
ut'ter
+
-ed
:
Accent on 1st syllable; do not double r:
2. Base
but'ter
+
-ed
:
Accent on 1st syllable; do not double r:
3. Base
mut'ter
+
-ing
:
Accent on 1st syllable; do not double r:
Part 3: Lesson 166 • Long ā as in hate, marked ā (12 Words)
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Long ā • 26px Tracks
lazy
/ˈleɪzi/
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adj. disinclined to exert
Mabel
/ˈmeɪbəl/
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prop n. girl's name (lovable)
table
/ˈteɪbəl/
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n. furniture with flat top
labor
/ˈleɪbər/
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n./v. physical or mental toil
baby
/ˈbeɪbi/
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n. infant or young child
taking
/ˈteɪkɪŋ/
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v. capturing or grasping
fable
/ˈfeɪbəl/
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n. short moral tale
flavor
/ˈfleɪvər/
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n. distinctive pleasing taste
danger
/ˈdeɪndʒər/
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n. exposure to harm or risk
making
/ˈmeɪkɪŋ/
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v. producing or crafting
hasty
/ˈheɪsti/
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adj. hurried; rash; swift
navy
/ˈneɪvi/
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n. fleet of war vessels
Part 4: Sentence Composition • Apply Any Four Target Words
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Syntax • 26px Tracks
Wheeler directs:
"Use any four of them in sentences of your own."
Compose four expressive sentences:
1. Sentence with
summer
,
sunset
, or
punish
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2. Sentence with
uttered
,
buttered
, or
muttering
:
3. Sentence with
Mabel
,
table
, or
labor
:
4. Sentence with
danger
,
flavor
, or
hasty
: