RIGHT

He gave him and me the book.

He gave John and me the book.

W

He gave him a

He gave John a

When two pronouns or a noun and a pr together as indirect objects, test them by repe rately in the sentence. You would not say,

In speaking of yourself and some one else, it is yourself last; as, "John and me” (not “me a Remember: Use the accusative forms me, hi

and whom when these pronouns are indir Sentence Building. Fill the blanks with th and state the reason for each choice:

I.

2.

and the book. (I, he, me,

-lent
bought —— and

-handed

h

a pony. (Mary, we, andbouquets. (Father, 4. To did give the book? (who, he, Ali

3.

43. Good Form in Writing and Speaking. ship is the first requirement of good form in w make all written work as neat and as legible a

The following sentences show three other i that make your written work good or bad in f they are. Show how to correct the wrong s

ok.

ised

epa

tion

do. In your written work it means that you (1) write (2) spell correctly; (3) use capitals and marks of pun correctly; and (4) use good grammar, or have you in the right form for their use in the sentence.

In giving a talk to the class, good form means t (1) stand well; (2) enunciate clearly; (3) pronou word correctly; and (4) use good grammar.

A Baseball Spelling Match. Divide the class in teams and play a baseball game with the following Demons:

hem,

words

corner the "plate and the other corners the thre The teacher acts as pitcher and referee. A pupil go corner of the room designated as "plate." The

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pronounces three words. If the pupil spells eac makes a "hit" and goes to the corner known a

Each succeeding player who makes a hit "

a

base until he scores a run for his side. When to spell the three words correctly, he is "out three" outs to a side and nine innings.

44. Writing a Paragraph. There are nine in English " ready to come at your command:

1. Observation

2. Conversation

3. Criticism

4. A Dictionary | 7. An En

5. A Magazine

6. A Newspaper

8. An En

9. A Gra

Which of these aid you in getting ideas? whi ing them correctly? which, in improving you Divide the "First Aids " among the class, serving as a committee for each "Aid." Ima "First Aid" is a person speaking a part in a pag

I am Observation.

I am

(Give definiti students by . . (Tell how). . I should be tre

..

Make an outline and write the paragraph in let the various committees sit together and com tions to see who had the best ideas.

45. A Pronunciation Drill. Do not sound

northern

southern

eastern

western

A Talk to the Class. Choose one of the follo Think about it carefully beforehand. Make what you want to say:

1. A Poster for Good-English

Day.

2. Mistakes I hear at school.

3. How to celebrat Day.

4. How I can improv

ress

upils

each

help

How)

Then

posi

ren.”

rn

jects. ine of

English

glish.

The following forms of verbs should be memorized:

1. am, is, was, were, has been, have been

2. attack, attacks, attacked, has attacked, have attac
3. blow, blows, blew, has blown, have blown
4. break, breaks, broke, has broken, have broken
5. choose, chooses, chose, has chosen, have chosen
6. climb, climbs, climbed, has climbed, had climbed
7. come, comes, came, has
have
come,
do, does, did, has done, have done.

8.

9.

come

drown, drowns, drowned, has drowned, have drown 10. freeze, freezes, froze, has frozen, have frozen II. go, goes, went, has gone, have gone

PRESI

BS.

12. lead, leads, led, has led, have led
13. lie lies, lay, has lain, have lain (recline)
14. rise, rises, rose, has risen, have risen

15. see, sees, saw, has seen, have seen

16. shake, shakes, shook, has shaken, have shaken
17. sing, sings, sang, has sung, have sung

18. sit, sits, sat, has sat, have sat

·PAS

19. speak, speaks, spoke, has spoken, have spoken
20. throw, throws, threw, has thrown, have thrown

The verb forms on page 49 will guide you in difficult verbs correctly. If you know them yo saw" (not "I seen") and “I did" (not "I done shows that " seen” and “done” are not used al

Remember: Do not confuse verb forms.

Baseball Sentence Match. verb form and the pupil "at using other forms of the verb.

The teacher will

bat" will give t

(See page 47.)

47. Correct Use of Punctuation. The cha is a summary of rules of punctuation that you

Words that designate one are called singular designate more than one, plural. In singular no is shown by adding 's; as, " boy's hat." In plu end in s possession is shown by adding only th "the boys' hats." In plural nouns that d possession is shown by adding 's; as, "the ch Nouns that denote possession are in the genitive

as,

Explain the punctuation in the selections or in the six numbered sentences on page 27.

Conversation. Talk about faults of the cla compositions or heard in school:

In Writing Penmanship, Spelling, Punctuation, Gr In Speaking: Posture, Enunciation, Pronunciation,

Write the correct forms on the board. Writing a Letter. Outside of class write a to your superintendent of schools. Tell him (1) a Baseball Spelling Match and (2)

the results o Matches (pages 47 and 50). See the model on Make an envelope and address it. The best sent.