96. _What letters are never silent?_
F, J, Q, R, and X.
97. _In what words is V silent?_
Sevennight and twelvemonth.
98. _In what word is Z silent?_
Rendezvous.
99. _What letters are never doubled?_
X and H.
100. _How many words contain all the vowels in regular order?_
Two.
101. _What are they?_
Abstemious and Facetious.
102. _What is a Diphthong?_
Two vowels sounded together in the same syllable.
103. _Name the Diphthongs._
Ou, Ow, Oi, and Oy.
104. _How many sounds do they represent?_
Two.
105. _What are the sounds called?_
Diphthongal sounds.
106. _How many kinds of Diphthongs are there?_
Two.
107. _What are they?_
Separable and Inseparable.
108. _Which ones are Separable?_
Oi and Oy.
109. _What is an Improper Diphthong?_
The union of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent.
110. _By what other name are they known?_
Digraph.
111. _How many Digraphs are there?_
Twenty-five.
112. _Name them._
Aa, Ae, Ai, Ao, Au, Aw, Ay, Ea, Ee, Ei, Eo, Eu, Ew, Ey, Ie, Oa,
Oe, Oi, Oo, Ou, Ow, Ua, Ue, Ui, and Uy.
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