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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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 30 - DEFINITION.— An Adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun.