Capitals, rules for:

beginning of line of poetry, 37
beginning of quotation, 37
beginning of sentence, 5, 37
chart of, 37

chief words of title, 37, 202
days, months, holidays, 37
Deity, 37
documents, 37

epochs and great events, 37

I, 37

in headline, 131

in letters, 6, 37

in outlines, 239
0, 37

personified word, 36, 37
persons and places, 37
political parties, 37
proper adjectives, 37

proper nouns, 37, 223, 225
religious denominations, 37

sections of country, 37

Case: accusative, 34, 45, 232, 282-283
dative, 45, 232, 282-283

explained, 34, 45, 224-225, 282-283
genitive, 61, 299

nominative, 34, 232, 274-275
Chairman, of Club, 11, 199, 212, 238, 245
of discussion groups, 161, 321
of teams, 169

Challenge, 56, 177

Charades, 98, 170-171

Choice of words, 68

Civics. See Correlation,

projects

Community

Club:

Better-English Club, I
Better-Speech Club, 11-18; c
tion of a, 317-318; girls', 316;
organize, 317-319; Humane
272-279; Junior Civic Leagu
319; procedure in a, 11, 19
Speakwell Club, 199. See page
Coherence, 133. See Order
Collective nouns, 223, 225, 351
Colon, 6, 51, 57. See Punctuation
Comma, 7, 26, 27, 51, 82, 91, 12
255, 273-274, 275. See Punc
marks

Commands, 23, 177, 219, 352, 388-
Committee work, 2, 12, 16, 35, 44,
57, 58, 70, 88, 148, 161, 207, 21
222, 238, 244, 245, 249, 252, 21
300, 328, 349, 353, 355, 364, 36

394

Common form, 344

Common nouns, 223, 226
Community, English in, 245
outline of the, 376

21

projects: Advertising bookle
385; Arbor day, 31-43,
Bird, 348-358; Clean-up, 35
Community pageant, 393-401
prevention, 19-30; Garden, 14
Health, 63-70; Home, 35
Junior Civic League, 310-319
Cross, 329-337; Safety, 32
Scout, 176-182; Thrift, 280-289
Comparative degree, 74

Comparison, of adjective and adve
of poems, 68

Complete predicate, 16, 17, 27
Complete subject, 16, 17, 27
Complete verb, 313

Completeness: in directions, 151

230; in ideas, 205; in sentences
Complex sentence, 127, 219
Complimentary close, 6, 7, 25-26,
Composition, form of a, 202-203
model of a, 203

See Written work

Compound interrogative pronouns,
Compound personal pronouns, 179
237

Compound predicate, 96, 133
Compound relative pronouns, 254
Compound sentence, 127, 219
Compound subject, 96, 356
Compound words, 51

Condensing clauses and phrases, 15
Conjugation, defined, 325
of ask, 325
of to be, 334

236

conjunctions, 96-97, 99, 134, 179
demonstrative pronouns, 265
indefinite pronouns, 267, 268-269
interjections, 27-28

interrogative pronouns, 247-248
nouns, 33-34, 50, 61, 84, 223-225,
282-283, 307, 356

paragraph, 5, 40, 46, 58, 133, 136,
139, 144, 158, 162, 177, 208
personal pronouns, 230-237
phrases, 103, 106, 115
prepositions, 64

pronouns, 33-34, 38, 45, 61, 84, 179,
230-233, 282-283, 307

punctuation, 50, 51, 57, 82, 91, 93,
126, 128, 134, 162, 168, 202, 203, 274,
275, 291

sentence, 5, 16, 23, 52, 84, 96, 103,
107, 133, 148, 167, 246

verbs, 64, 84, 314-315, 326, 347, 356-
357, 402; gerunds, 379-380; infini-
tives, 382-384; participles, 371

words, 18, 23, 27, 28, 38, 42, 43, 46,
49, 51, 57, 61, 64, 67, 74, 75, 76, 83, 89,
91, 96, 98, 115, 139, 144, 154, 165, 179,
188, 205, 206, 233, 253, 263, 265, 267,
268, 314, 315, 356, 357, 388

See Half-year summaries, 99-101,
191-195, 307-309, 402-404
Correlation: arithmetic, civics and com-
munity welfare, domestic arts, drawing,
geography, history, hygiene, manual
arts, nature study. See page xvii
Correlatives, 179

Cover, making a, 9, 119, 382
Creed, A Fighting Man's, 145
of thrift, 280,

Roosevelt's, 387

the American's, 167
writing a, 145, 387-388

m, class, 35,

70, 60, 92,

of notes and outlines, 58, 66,
330-331, 348

of sentences, 46, 115, 123, 352,
369, 372, 378, 381

of talks, 16, 42, 50, 67, 118, 160,
207, 252, 293, 300, 336, 369, 378, 39
of work in English, 90, 243, 244
of written work, 17, 29, 50, 58,
78, 80, 92, 105, 114, 119, 124, 132,
161, 170, 178, 186, 239, 264, 273,
317, 322, 369, 378, 381, 392
value of, 44

D: ending of past participle, 370;

ing of verb, 332; pronouncing final,
Dance: folk, 169, 171; potato, 153,
Dangling participle, 371

Dative case, 45, 224, 232, 282
De, pronouncing, 156
Declarative sentence, 23, 219
Declension, 235

Definite article, 52, 75
Definiteness: directions, 151; ideas,
reporting, 184; writing, 212, 230
Degrees of comparison, 74
Demonstrative pronouns, 264
Dependent clause. See

clause

Subordi

Derivation, 234, 241–242
Des, pronouncing, 156
Description. See Prose models, Wri
work.

Details: arrangement, 71; choice of,
in news items, 131; in outlines,
when, where, how, etc., 212
Determinative clauses, 255-256
Diagram of parts of sentence, 246
Dialogue, 125–126, 186, 238, 292, 296
Dictionary:

abbreviations in, 32

alphabetical arrangement, 22, 93,
exercises in, 32, 68, 94, 102, 142,
157, 162, 238, 241, 242, 250, 281,
293, 311, 319, 363, 386

finding words in, 21, 22, 93
habit, 18, 93-94
match, 94, 187, 205
models, 18, 290

synonyms in, 94, 241-242

use of, 18, 93-94, 120, 204, 217,
290-291

value of, 18, 44, 48, 93-94

Direct address, word of, 27-28, 51, 21
Direct object, 34, 45, 224

Direct object and adjunct accusative,
Direct quotation, 149

Ern, 48
Esp., 290
Est, 74

Don't, doesn't, 43, 356
Double negative, 269
Double objects, 314
Double predicates, 96
Double subjects, 96

Dramatic dialogue, 125, 126-127, 296-297
Dramatization: auction, 78; charades,
98, 170-171; dialogues, 126-127, 130,
292, 296; election, 318-319; mock
trial, 30, 275-279; of process, 153;
pantomime, 170-171; parade and
dance, 156; tableaux, 170-171; tree-
planting, 227

models, 30, 54, 127, 172-175, 301-
305, 397-401
plays or. pageants: Choosing a
Career, 301-305; fire prevention, 30;
First Aids to Young America, 54-55;
Nations of the World, 172-175; Trial
of Tommy Woodchuck, 276-279; What
Made the Community Live, 397-401
Drawing. See Correlation, page xvii

Each, 166, 179, 267, 268, 356
Each other, 268

Eat, forms of verb, 345

Ed, ending of past participle, 370
ending of verb, 332

Either, 96, 356

Either, or, 135, 179, 267, 268
Elements, independent, 27

of a sentence, 16, 192-193, 214,
Emphasis: by compound personal pro-
nouns, 237; by condensing, 144, 159;
by inversion, 138

Encyclopedia, 44, 48,120, 138, 157, 217,
261, 291, 330, 367

Ending of letter. See Complimentary
close

English language, how formed, 241-242
Enunciation, clearness, 47; drills in, 16,
30, 60, 67, 70, 91, 108, 123, 130, 132,
140, 148, 178, 185, 188, 212, 217, 226,
229, 252, 259, 274, 278, 287, 289, 300,
311, 315, 321, 328, 330, 337, 350, 360,
377; faults of, 50

Envelopes, addressing, 8; making, 19,
42, 64, 72, 88, 90; model, 8; return
address on, 8, 200

Etymology. See Derivation
Every, 166, 179, 356
Everybody else, 268
Everyone, 268

Examples, giving, 91
Except, accept, 206

Exclamation mark, 13, 23, 27, 51,
Exclamatory sentences, 23, 51, 219
Exhibits, 22, 64, 70, 109, 132, 140, 14
156, 183, 186, 189, 207, 221, 259, 27
328, 337, 339, 349, 350, 365, 385,
Explanation: accuracy, 153, 230;
make things or give directions, 15
178; process, 153.
See Written
telling how and why
Expletive, 28
Explorers, 120-130
Expression drills, 226, 339, 355, 36
373, 386, 391, 396

Fable, 36

Facts, weighing, 29-30, 220
Farther, further, 83
Feminine gender, 231
Few, fewer, 83, 267

Finding out things, 2, 63, 80, II
132, 138, 157, 176, 199, 202, 20
208, 213, 230, 242, 243, 339, 34
393

"First Aids to Young America," 5
Flag: compositions on, 391, 392

guage, 1; programs, 10, 392;
tions on, 2-3, 4, 390
Forcefulness, 44, 139
Form: common, 344
for analysis, 33

good, 46-47, 183-184
of business letter, 24-26
of club, 11, 199, 215, 317-319
of composition, 202-203
of dialogue, 125-127

of formal letter, 24-25, 140
of friendly letter, 6-7, 200
of letter of application, 72-73
of outlines, 20, 206

of play, 54, 172, 301, 397
progressive, 335, 344
Formal letters, address, 140
salutation, 140
title in, 140

See Business letter
Formal talks. See Talks
Franklin, 63, 65, 80, 283, 284-287

H, silent, 57; sounding, 67, 140, 188
Handwork: article, 77; bird box, 339;
booklets, 259, 385; case for work, 9;
covers, 62, 182, 381; exhibit of trees,
221; floor plan, 238; garden plan, 153;
map, 115, 138; motto, 198; placard,
142; posters, 12, 22, 44, 70, 88, 93,
105, 160, 166, 181, 184, 219, 245, 250,
328, 350, 361, 396

Indefinite pronouns, 267, 268-269
Indention, 4, 202

Independent elements, 27
Index, 90, 204-205, 245, 367
Indicative mood, 388-389
Indirect object, 45, 224
Indirect quotation, 148-149
Infinitives, 382, 383, 384
Inflection, 235

Ing, 91, 144, 148, 259, 360, 370, 371
Initials, 51

Interest, 14, 44, 114
Interjections, 13, 27, 51

Interrogation mark, 23, 51, 184
Interrogative pronouns, 247-248
Interrogative sentence, 23, 32, 51, 77,
Interview, 116, 125, 130

Intransitive verbs, 59, 60, 70, 154
Inventions, 79-89, 242

Inversion, value of, 162

Inverted order, 32, 139, 162, 273, 289
Irregular verbs, 331-332, 345-347
It, 28, 43, 233, 288, 383

Language flag, I

Language, how formed, 241-242
Language, pledge, xviii, 109, 196
Lead, 131, 186

League, Humane, 273; Junior C
310, 318-319
Least, less, 74, 83
Legibility, 46

Letters: arrangement, 316
brevity, 316

business, 24-25, 72-73, 222-223
friendly, 6-7, 158, 200
interest in, 14

models of, 7, 14, 25, 73, 158, 201,
of application, 72–73
paper used in, 7
paragraphing, 158, 316
planning, 15

punctuation of, 6-7, 51
writing. See Written work
Library. See Reading
Like, as, 115

Lincoln quoted, 45, 107, 108, 203
Linking verbs, 38, 59, 60, 70, 76, 154,

314
Local paper, 264, 289, 348, 373

Mad, angry, 206
Many a, 356

Margin, 5, 6, 184, 202, 203
Masculine gender, 231
Match: baseball, 47, 135, 184, 347; dic-
tionary, 94, 187, 205; phrase, 107;
pronunciation, 395; punctuation, 184;
sentence, 50, 84, 135, 314, 326; spell-
ing, 47, 184; verb-forms, 347

May, can, 43

Me, 43, 46, 236
Misrelated participle, 371
Mock trial, 30, 279

Models: business letters, 25, 73, 222;
composition, 203; dialogue, 127; en-
velope, 8; friendly letters, 7, 14, 201;
letter of application, 73; outlines, 20,
21, 40, 66, 206, 239, 376; paragraph,
4, 203; plays, 54, 172, 301, telegram, 87
Modifier, adjective and adverb, 52, 83
clauses, 113
only, 139
participles, 371
phrases, 106

Mood, 388-389

More, most, 74, 83

Motivated review. See Programs

Much, 74

form of, 21, 66, 206, 330-331,
how to mark parts of, 21, 66
239, 331

main topics and subtopics, 2
206, 239, 331

models of, 20, 21, 40, 66, 167
239, 331, 376, 392
order in, 66, 331
planning, 4

qualities of good, 330–331
sentence-trees, 246

unity in, 40, 66, 330-331
value of, 21

See Written work
Ownership, 224

54;

Pageant: "Choosing a Career,"
305; First Aids to Young Ame
Nations of the World," 172
What Made the Community I
397-401; planning a, 53, 169, 29.
Pantomime, 170

Paragraph: accuracy, 153, 184, 212
brevity, 159, 184, 316-317
definition of, 5, 202, 208
form of, 4-5, 46-47, 202, 208
in letters, 158, 316-317
order in, 58, 136, 153, 316-317
topic of, 21, 158, 316-317
unity in, 40, 58, 133, 136, 289
variety in, 133, 159, 177, 289
writing of. See Written work