Let the teacher utter each word, and then its vocal sound, and let the pupil imitate closely and carefully, thus: 

Mate, a; Rate, a:  Man, a:  Far, a:  etc. a—­Mate, rain, say, they, feint, gauge, break, vein, gaol a—­Man, pan, tan, shall, lamp, back, mat, stand a—­Far, hard, ah, aunt, heart, guard, psalm a—­Ball, talk, pause, saw, broad, storm, naught, bought a—­Was, what, wash, swap, nod, blot, knowledge e—­Me, tree, sea, key, field, ceiling, people, police e—­Met, bread, said (sed), says (sez), friend, heifer, leopard, guess,
   any (en’y), bury (ber’ry).
e—­Her, clerk, earn, were, first, myrrh. i—­Pine, sign, lie, type, sleight, buy, guide, aisle, choir. i—­Pin, fountain, been (bin), busy (biz’y), surfeit, sieve, hymn, build,
   myth.
i—­Sir, bird, girl, birch, mirth, birth. o—­No, door, loam, hoe, soul, snow, sew (so), yeomen, bureau (bu’ro),
   hautboy (ho’boy).
o—­Not, blot, chop, throb, bother, body, wan. o—­Nor, born, storm, cork, fork, small, stall. o—­Wolf, woman, bushel, would, should, pull o—­Move, who, tomb, group, soup, shoe, do, lose o.—­Love, son, flood, front, shove, touch, does, tongue. oo—­Wool, book, cook, rook, goodly. oo.—­Food, troop, tooth, goose, spoon, noon. u.—­Use, abuse, beauty, feud, view, adieu. u.—­Rub, sum, sun, such, much, tuck, luck, trouble. u.—­Fur, curl, hurt, burn, turn, spurn, work. u.—­Full, bull, push, bush oi, oy.-Oil, point, voice, noise, boiler, boy, joy, alloy. ou, ow.-Our, sour, cloud, owl, now, bow, couch.

SUB VOCALS.

Let the sound of each letter be given, and not its name.  After articulating the sounds, each word should be pronounced distinctly.

b.—­Be, by, boy, bib, sob, bite, bone, band, bubble. d.—­Deed, did, dab, bid, bud, dead, door, indeed. g.—­Go, gag, gig, bag, beg, fog, fig, girl, rag, log. j.—­Jay, joy, jig, gill, job, judge, ginger, soldier. l.—­Lad, led, dell, mill, line, lily, folly. m—­Me, my, mad, mug, him, aim, blame. n.—­No, now, nab, nod, man, sun, none, noun. r. (rough)—­Rear, red, rough, riot, ripe, rude, ragged. r. (smooth)—­Form, farm, worn, for, ear, manner. v.—­Van, vine, vale, vivid, stove, of, Stephen. w.—­We, woe, web, wed, wig, wag, wood, will, wonder. y.—­Ye, yam, yon, yes, yarn, yoke, yawn, filial. z.—­Zag, rose, rise, zone, lives, stars, suffice. zh.—­Azure, osier, usual, measure, rouge (roozh). th.—­Thee, thy, them, blithe, beneath, those. ng.—­Bang, fang, gang, bring, sing, fling.

ASPIRATES.

f.—­Fib, fob, buff, beef, if, off, life, phrase, laugh. h.—­Ha, he, hub, had, how, hill, home, hire, horse. k.—­Kill, bake, cat, cow, come, chord, black. p.—­Pop, pig, lip, map, pipe, pope, apple, path, pile. s.—­Sad, fuss, miss, cent, cease, sick, sound, sincere. t.—­Hat, mat, toe, totter, tint, time, sleet, taught. sh.—­Dash, shad, rush, sure, ocean, notion, passion, chaise. ch.—­Chin, chop, chat, rich, much, church, bastion. th.—­Thin, hath, think, teeth, truth, breath, pith.