Graded Lessons in English. An Elementary English Grammar, Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-room, Book 1Maynard, Merrill, 1894 - 200 pages |
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... let the pupils exchange papers and read aloud , while the teacher and class criticise . Let some of the work be placed upon the board for criticism . You will be struck with the crude- ness and even coarseness of some sentences , and ...
... let the pupils exchange papers and read aloud , while the teacher and class criticise . Let some of the work be placed upon the board for criticism . You will be struck with the crude- ness and even coarseness of some sentences , and ...
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... teacher can here profitably spend a few minutes in showing how ideas may be communicated by Natural Language , the language of sighs , groans , gestures of the hands , attitudes of the body , expressions of the face , tones of the voice ...
... teacher can here profitably spend a few minutes in showing how ideas may be communicated by Natural Language , the language of sighs , groans , gestures of the hands , attitudes of the body , expressions of the face , tones of the voice ...
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... Let the pupils be required to tell what they learned in the previous Les- sons . Teacher . When I pronounce the two words star and bud , thus : star bud , how many ideas , or mental pictures , do I call up to you ? Pupil . - Two . T ...
... Let the pupils be required to tell what they learned in the previous Les- sons . Teacher . When I pronounce the two words star and bud , thus : star bud , how many ideas , or mental pictures , do I call up to you ? Pupil . - Two . T ...
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... Teacher . - Before the close of this recitation , let the teacher prepare the pupils for the next Lesson . See " Hints for Oral Instruction " below . LESSON 7 . ANALYSIS AND THE DIAGRAM . Hints for Oral Instruction . - I will draw on ...
... Teacher . - Before the close of this recitation , let the teacher prepare the pupils for the next Lesson . See " Hints for Oral Instruction " below . LESSON 7 . ANALYSIS AND THE DIAGRAM . Hints for Oral Instruction . - I will draw on ...
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... Teacher . - Let some of the pupils write their sentences on the board , while others are reading theirs . Then let the work on the board be corrected . Correct any expression that does not make good sense , or that asserts some- thing ...
... Teacher . - Let some of the pupils write their sentences on the board , while others are reading theirs . Then let the work on the board be corrected . Correct any expression that does not make good sense , or that asserts some- thing ...
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adjective clauses adverb clauses adverb modifying Analysis and Parsing attribute complement Cæsar called capital letter comma complete complex sentences compound predicate compound sentence conjunctions proper conjunctive adverbs CORRECT THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION.-A denotes diagram exercises Expand explanatory modifier expressing the action FOLLOWING ERRORS following nouns following sentences FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Gender grammar Hints for Oral Illustrate independent clause interrogative word introduced joined learned Let the pupils Let the teacher meaning MODE Model modified predicate modified subject noun clause noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object complement Past Par past participle past tense phrase modifiers Plural possessive predicate preposition Pres PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRESENT TENSE principal word punctuation quotation relative pronouns require the pupils REVIEW QUESTIONS rule sails seen SENTENCE-BUILDING simple sentences Sing Singular sounds speech spoken stars are suns T.-What Teacher.-Let tell tences things Thou tion transitive verb walk wise written
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Page 79 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 144 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Page 83 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 175 - We piled, with care, our nightly stack Of wood against the chimney-back, — The oaken log, green, huge, and thick, And on its top the stout back-stick; The knotty forestick laid apart, And filled between with curious art...
Page 136 - should and would' are similarly used to form future in the past tenses. b) 'will' in the First Person, and 'shall' in the Second and Third are used as verbs of full meaning followed by an infinitive to express determination, obligation, a promise or a threat.
Page 76 - He who will not be ruled by the rudder, must be ruled by the rock.
Page 86 - But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
Page 142 - Thy mercy, 0 Lord, is in the heavens ; and Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Page 83 - Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.
Page 30 - DEFINITION.— An Adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun.