_vedere_ (_see_): travedere, rivedere, intravedere
_perdere_ (_lose_): disperdere, sperdere, riperdere
_mettere_ (_put_, _place_): smettere, emettere, rimettere, permettere, commettere, promettere, sottomettere
_vincere_ (_overcome_): rivincere, avvincere, convincere, stravincere
_pose_: impose, compose, dispose, repose, transpose
The child's exercise with the two alphabets will be as follows:
cartapecora (parchment) cartapesta (papier maché) falsariga (guide) madreperla (mother-of-pearl) melagrana (pomegranate) melarancia (orange) biancospino (hawthorn) ficcanaso (busybody) lavamano (wash-stand) mezzogiorno (noon) passatempo (pastime) ragnatela (cobweb) madrevite (vine) guardaportone (doorkeeper) capoluogo (capital) capomaestro ("boss") capofila (pivot-soldier) capopopolo (demagogue) caposquadra (commodore) capogiro (dizziness) capolavoro (masterpiece) giravolta (whirl) mezzaluna (half-moon) mezzanotte (midnight) palcoscenico (stage) acchiappacani (dog-catcher) cantastorie (story-teller) guardaboschi (forester) lustrascarpe (boot-black) portalettere (letter-carrier) portamonete (pocketbook) portasigari (cigar-case) portalapis (pencil-case) portabandiera (standard bearer) guardaroba (wardrobe) asciugamano (towel) cassapanca (wooden bench) arcobaleno (rainbow) terrapieno (rampart, terrace) bassorilievo (bas-relief) granduca (grand-duke) pianoforte (piano) spazzacamino (chimney-sweep) pettorosso (redbreast)
sheepskin cardboard shoestring midnight midday noontime redbreast appletree afternoon moonlight starlight doorknob bedtime daytime springtime flagstaff rainbow workman housekeeper pastime chimneysweep sheepfold barnyard sidewalk snowshoe shoeblack firefly steamboat milkman bathroom streetcar lifelike pocketbook inkwell tablecloth courtyard honeycomb beehive flowerpot buttonhole hallway midway storekeeper horseman masterpiece bookcase
The children read one word at a time and try to reproduce it from memory, distinguishing through the two alphabets the two words of which each one is composed:
carta _pecora_ bianco _spino_ piano _forte_ spazza _camino_ lava _mano_
In the following chart the words are grouped in families. This chart may be used by children who are already well advanced in the identification of the parts of speech. All the words are derived from some other more simple word which is a root and of which the other words, either by suffix or prefix, are made up. All these roots are primitive words which some day the child may look for in a group of derivatives; and when he finds them he will realize that the primitive word is a noun, adjective, or a verb, as the case may be, that it is the word which contains the simplest idea, and so the derivatives may be nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs.