DOUBLING 2
 

EXERCISE 41(A)
 

My bike wheels spatter mud all over my boots.
The water spatters noisily out of the hot fat.
I heard him splutter as he choked on the hot coffee.
A sceptre is a special rod as a sign of royal power.
I found a small spider making a web on the window.
The officer said all speeders on the road will be fined.
 

She used a spreader to spread the glue on the paper.
This route to the town is straighter than that one.
They scatter the seed on the ploughed field.
We watched the skater as she skated round the ice rink.
The boy asked for a scooter for his birthday.
This sector of our business is set to increase its profits.
 

My hand was not in pain so I started to paint.
I bought a paint box and became a painter.
I know that painters work hard to sell their paintings.
Because of the sprain to my ankle, I could not sprint or run.
I was a sprinter in the races that were held every year.
I train hard to keep up with all the other sprinters.
 

I often sit and ponder when I go to the forest.
The kids began to plunder the toy box for things to make.
I have bought a new printer so I can print my notes.
I found a splinter in my hand from stacking the logs.
The splendour of the queen’s robes was quite amazing*.
I need to get a binder for all my college notes.

* Always insert the vowel sign in "amaze" and "amuse" and their derivatives
 

With my blender I can make lots of fruit smoothies.
My foot was still tender from the football injury.
Dander is the fluff and particles from animal fur.
He spent his early years as a chanter in the temple.
The baby was chuntering and making all sorts of noises.
Every applicant must write their full name and gender.
 

The building firm has renewed the render on my house.
This house is for renters and that one is for buyers.
The soldiers refused to surrender in the face of the enemy.
It would be kinder to tell them the news at the end of the day.
He put all the items I asked for on the shop counter.
The counters on this device are not working at all.
 

He built a mansion in a much grander style.
In the story the magician was a granter of wishes.
I do wonder what he will make of this new method.

It is nearly winter and I shall get some winter pansies.
He was a deer hunter and hunted them in the forest.
Over yonder is an old way to say over there.
 

The drafter of this plan has got all the facts wrong.
The lad is just a drifter and never keeps a job.
A crofter is a person who rents a small farm in Scotland.
She is a proper grafter and knows how to work hard.
We had to have the rafters renewed for the new roof.
A wafter is a device that causes a draught in a room.
 

It is important that the crane operator is well trained.
Yesterday I read chapter one and today will be chapter two.
A repeater is a device that boosts a signal.
I know they have many creditors asking for payment.
I used to drive a tractor when I was at the farm.
The director of the business will be at the meeting.
 

She would like a career as an educator in an academy.
They were determined to be the instigators of change.
He escaped his captors by leaping from the window.
It is better to be a persuader than just giving orders.
Some of his friends were encouragers and others dissuaders.
She had to powder her face before the photo was taken.
 

James could not be prouder of having finished the course.
We think he is an illegal* ticket touter at the races.

She is not a doubter anymore and is a more positive person.

At the restaurant we had clam chowder and bread sticks.
I have some large old cups made of pewter.
The disputer of the will is a member of his family.

* See Lesson 46 for more on negatives that repeat the first stroke
 

My tutor at the college always sets lots of essays for us.
The Tudor manor house remained in the family for centuries.
The chemist had lots of bottles of different powders.
These people are all doubters and they do not agree with us.
All the tutors at the college were busy marking papers.
The Tudors ruled England for over a hundred years.

EXERCISE 41(B)
 

There was a patter of paws as the dogs came in.
The plotter was caught by the police yesterday.
This horse is an old plodder but he is very strong.
I like fruit much better when it is fresh off the tree.
We have had a lot of bother with them over the years.
The weather will be much brighter tomorrow morning.
 

This new report has given us a broader view of our business.
I have an older brother and two younger brothers.
The cart began to totter as it was loaded very high.
She worked as a trader in the market for many years.

The debtors have now paid off all their debts from past years.
We have sent our accounts report to the auditors.
 

The children always chatter to each other in class.
I write all my notes in pencil on a small jotter.
This shop is able to cater for all types of customer.
The bomb made a huge crater in the field.
The room was full of clutter and junk.
I went out to gather flowers for the living room.
 

I used a router to make grooves in the wood.
We are looking for a reader for the shorthand test.
I filled my water bottle from the water filter jug.
The road is much wider as it passes these buildings.
The weather will be hot and sunny today.
We had to switch on all the heaters when the snow started.
 

Bob said he would pop in to see us on Wednesday.
His toy bear was very tatty and needed mending.
My daddy was a judge up in the law courts.
I made a big cake and about thirty cookies.
The band is playing a gig at the village hall.
This bird is very rare in this part of the country.

EXERCISE 41(C)
 

Pippin is the name of a type of eating apple.
I began to ponder on what I had seen that day.
In the box I found a bobbin and a binder of notes.
He sounded like a baboon with his loud banter.
The thick walls are necessary to deaden the sounds.
I had to vacuum the room because of the cat’s dander.
 

I found a little butterfly cocoon under the leaf.

In the mountains there was a huge condor in the sky.
There was uproar when the team scored a goal.
The operator of this crane is not available today.
I found some knitting yarn in the local shop.
I live in a cottage over yonder behind the trees.
 

The heron is a very large bird that eats fish.
The lion is a very efficient hunter of its prey.
My step-brother will be coming to visit us today.
They told me that this person is an awful backbiter.
To foregather means to gather together or assemble.
To ingather means to gather in a harvest or similar.

EXERCISE 41(D)
 

I will not be pandering to her whims anymore.
I was pondering the difficulty when the phone rang.
The mob were plundering the shops they had smashed.
The wood was splintering and breaking into pieces.
This firm has been tendering for the work for years.
The horses were all cantering around the big field.
 

The people will not be surrendering to the invading soldiers.
All this additional work is hindering me from writing the report.
The child was wondering what to buy in the sweet shop.
The ladies were powdering their faces ready for the party.
This person will be tutoring our students all this term.
I have been embroidering flowers onto the dress.

EXERCISE 41(E)
 

I took a picture of the strange structure in the field.
He was a structural engineer in the building industry.
The factory is structurally sound and needs no repairs.
The doctor found a fracture in his arm bone.

A captor is a person who captures another.

I bought an old typewriter and learned how to type.

He spends a lot of time doing typewriting practice every day.
I have some typewritten papers describing the machinery.*
We had the most wonderful time at the hotel last night.
This house is wonderfully warm with the new windows.
I would rather be at the beach than in the office.
He was a very fast writer of shorthand in the law courts.

* Optional contraction
 

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