In the first sentence two nouns show possession. learned on page 50, a noun that indicates possession is with a special ending ('s), and is said to be in the whe case. "Helen's" and "Harry's" are nouns in the case. h In the second sentence the words "hers and pronouns, for "hers" stands for "Helen's ball," and stands for "Harry's ball." Since these pronouns i possession, they are called possessive pronouns. Obser they are not used with the apostrophe, as are the nou The possessive pronouns are: Do not confuse the word "whose " with the abbre 66 who's," which stands for "who is," the apostroph used in "who's " to show the omission of the letter i. In the third sentence the words her and "his" the word "ball." They are called possessive adjectives | they modify nouns and show possession. In the four tence "hers" and "his," which stand in the predicate, a called possessive adjectives. The possessive adjectives are: whose thine thy her our their mine hers ours yours A possessive adjective is always used without the apos adjectives. Write sentences (1) with the pos and (2) with the possessiye adjectives. Remember: Nouns use the apostrophe to in but possessive pronouns and possessive use the apostrophe. 59. Handwork and Copying. Make a cove booklet of games, on a sheet of composition p The teacher will announce which pupils in the best written descriptions of the twelve pupils will at once make copies for the booklet The rest of the class will copy the following Twelve Other Games. (Make a List) (Names of pupils) Bind the eighteen compositions, the best ta and the best cover together to make a booklet 60. Writing a Letter. Write a friendly principal, telling which team you think has 1 booklet, and presenting the booklets. Reading aloud. Each team will entertain t by reading aloud its booklet of games. Each his own compositions. Write on the board as an Honor Roll th pupils who had more than one piece of work 61. Finding Out Things for Yourself. Benjamin F was a scientist. If he did not know a thing, he mac business to find out about it. 1 One day Franklin was eating dinner at the house of a friend. The lady of the house, when she poured out the coffee, found that it was not hot. 3 She said, "I am sorry that the coffee is cold. It is because the servant forgot to scour the coffeepot. 5 Coffee gets cold more quickly when the coffeepot is not -6 This set Franklin to thinking. He thought that or dull thing would cool more quickly than a white or bri 8 That made him think that a black thing would take more quickly than a white one. 10 T 9 He wanted to find out if this were true or not. nobody who knew, so there was nobody to ask. 11 But I thought that he would ask the sunshine whether a bla would heat more quickly than a white thing. 12 But how could he ask the sunshine? EGGLESTON: Stories of Great Ame Discuss what these four rules for good health mean 1. Keep clean. | 2. Keep nourished. | 3. Keep active. | 4. Keep (1) Cleanliness — body (hands, teeth, nose, eyes, hair we take into body (food, water, air); clothes; rooms to (2) Nourishment and Replenishment of Wastekinds of food and how to eat; sleep to repair the bra for the lungs. (3) Activity or Exercise - play; games; study; tall (4) Mental Outlook or Cheerfulness-contentment; co helpfulness; ambition. You will divide into four teams to plan posters to show the importance of the rules on team will take a different rule, assigned by the team will choose a captain. At the end of the see which team has done the best work. Talk about where you would like to exhib later, in a store window or a newspaper office w a place. Writing a Letter. Write a business letter the newspaper or to the merchant selected by whether you may place four Better-Health window on a certain date. Explain the objec Make an envelope. The best letter will be 62. The Active Voice and the Passive Voice. sentences give two different ways of expressin The verb deals with the act of hitting. How differ? 1. The boy hits the ball. In the first sentence the subject "boy" is acting upon something. The boy is doing th verb "hits" therefore is in the active voice. object, "ball," which is the receiver of the ac In the second sentence the subject “ball The form of the verb becomes a verb phrase, called the passive voice. The person performi into the sentence as the object of the prepo the boy." A sentence in the active voice may be c passive voice (1) by making the object the sub ting the doer (or subject) in the new sentence owing e idea. ubjects nted as 5. The a direct upon. "and is t comes as, "by into the by putct of the Explain the changes that take place when each of the sentences is turned into the passive voice. Remember: Transitive verbs have voice. A verb is in the active voice if the subject is acting. 1. Franklin saw snow on the ground. 2. He spread a white cloth on the ground. 4. 3. Then a black cloth was spread on the ground by Fr He placed the cloths side by side. 5. An hour later he lifted both cloths. 6. The snow under the black cloth was melted by the the black cloth. 7. Franklin found snow under the white cloth. |