d : II. A. 4. 4. Are facts grouped together in the best order? (Or quence, arrangement.) Correct the outline. Remember: The outline should be tested for compl accuracy, unity, and order. If it is weak in any particulars, the corrections should be made before t position is written. Writing a Report. Write up your outline in full as a The best report for each topic will be read aloud to the at another time. 125. Regular and Irregular Verbs. How do the mai change their form in the tenses on page 332? Th of the verb commonly used in the first person presen as "like" or "play," is called the simple form of the In verbs (a) and (b) how many forms of the ve Name them. In verbs (c) and (d) how many f verb are used? Name them. Which verbs have of the verb? Which have three? Verbs (a) and (b) are called regular verbs becaus their past tenses by adding d or ed to the simple verb. Verbs (c) and (d) are called irregular verbs becaus either or both of their past tenses in some other w adding d or ed to the simple form of the verb. Remember: A regular verb forms its past tense b or ed to the simple form of the verb. An irregular verb forms its past tense in some o An Exercise. Make up sentences for three regula irregular verbs. Write each sentence six different t time changing the tense. For example: 1. The sunset fades away. 6. The sunset will have faded away. 1. The wind blows a gale 2. The wind blew a gale. 3. The wind will blow a 4. The wind has blown a 5. The wind had blown a 6. The wind will have blo 126. Study of a Poem. How is the Red Cross per or spoken of as a person, in the following poem? What thrilling pictures does this poem make y Explain "red woes 1" and "war's red line.3 Writing a Letter. Write a letter to another class, challenging it to illustrate several lines fr in a poster contest for the Red Cross. Handwork. Outside of school make a Red C 127. Conjugation of the Irregular Verb to be irregular verb in our language is the verb to be. B its conjugation: In the sentences on the left a verb form endin ("going ") is used with the forms of to be. The for verb made by adding ing to the simple verb form is present participle. When forms of the verb to be a to the present participle of a verb, we have a conjuga expresses continuous, or progressive, action. It is c progressive form. Read the sentences on the leftprogressive form and observe how the subject continuously. c In the sentences on the right a different form of ("struck") is added to the forms of to be. This called the past participle. It is the form of the verb th the perfect tenses. Observe that the subject is act This form, in which the subject is acted upon, is called sive voice. The form in which the subject is acting is o active voice. The sentences on the left are in the acti Remember: Voice is a change in the form of a verb whether the subject is acting or is acted upon. There are two voices: the active voice, in w subject is acting, and the passive voice, in z subject is acted upon. BOL. ADV. EV. ENG. - 23 |