ty; ard. king etter In have an to and lips. 1 are room. ealth Doster . In te for to be telling im to 71. Telling How Things Are Made. The followi of the most important explanations ever made. I old sexton, Laurence Coster of Haarlem, tells John G how he learned to print books. 7 5 4 1 It was by accident that I discovered how to print. out into the woods one afternoon with my grand 3 There were some beech trees there, and the little fellow me to carve their names on the smooth bark. I did was always handy with a penknife. Then, while t running around, I split off some fine pieces of bark an letters of the alphabet upon them one letter on ea 6 I thought they would amuse the baby of the family, an help him to remember his letters. So I wrapped t 8 When piece of soft paper and carried them home. undo the package I was surprised to see the forms of the letters distinctly printed on the white paper. 9 It thinking, and at last I thought out this plan of printi BALDWIN Thirty More Famous Stories Show that the grandfather's thoughtfulness of oth responsible for this discovery. In retelling this, what things must you say? Remember : Explanation is "telling how." To be should tell things in the right order. Writing a Class Composition. Write a list of things you make in your Manual Training or Domesti classes. Select one of them. Outline on the board the different steps you take you do to make it. Give each step and arrange all th exactly as they should be made. Compose the explanation, the teacher writing the sentences selected as best. Copy the explanation as the teacher dictates 72. Applying for a Position. One day advertisement appeared in the school paper School 53: Wanted, an auctioneer. Must have polite ma voice, and ability to describe articles to be sold. letter to your teacher. How does an auction sale differ from a store qualities does this advertiser want in an aucti are these necessary? A pupil will volunteer to copy this advertis board for you to use in your class. Would the answer to an advertisement be a or a business letter? Which form is the letter on page 73? Why? If the Standard Company decides to hire Ch it get in touch with him? Writing a Letter of Application. Apply for t auctioneer. Make an outline of the things you the letter to your teacher. If you think that yo the requirements mentioned in the advertisem pupil that seems best fitted and write a letter him (or her) to the teacher. Follow Chester's Make an envelope and address it. At a later time the teacher will announce to name of the pupil who seems to be best fitted auctioneer. 73. Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs. to describe you must know how to use adverbs a 750 Terrace Avenue The Standard Company Gentlemen: 1 Please consider me an applicant for the position of office boy, about which you advertised in last night's “Eagle.” 2 I am fourteen years old and have finished my work at the Lakewood School. My final grade last June was 87. For three summers I have worked as a clerk for the Acme Grocery Store. 3 I have permission to give as reference Miss Alice Hill, principal of the Lakewood School, Shady Avenue and 5th Street (Bell Telephone 878), and Mr. Thomas Gray, manager of the Acme Grocery Store, 950 State Street (Bell Telephone 371). Begins by object o Next giv training and ex at work Then give of perso can tes fitness f tion. ( address: phone n Chester A. Grant Very truly yours, How many things are described in each of the follow the hing. class Most beautiful roses Runs most sw able ives. 3. Cleanest cups Adjectives and adverbs have three different form (1) in describing one thing; (2) in comparing two and (3) in comparing more than two things. This ch the degree of meaning is called comparison. are called positive, comparative, and superlative Positive. Margaret has a clean dress. Comparative. She has a cleaner dress than Ali She has the cleanest dress of all Superlative. When an adjective has more than two sylla more and most are used instead of er and est. beautiful" (not "beautifuller "). Less and le in comparing adjectives; as, “less active," An adverb is usually compared by using mo less and least) because most adverbs are forme to the adjective. We say "more swiftly " (n When the same form is used for both adjecti as in fast, long, loud, hard, the endings er ande for both; as, runs fast," runs faster," 99.66 Correct Use of Adjectives and Adverbs. 99 66 ru 1. A frequent mistake is to use the super We should say, speaking of two. We should say, "She is th the two girls" (not " She is the most polite of 2. If the comparison is made with others of the word other must be used to exclude the pers spoken of; as, He is quicker than any ot room (not "than any boy "). 66 3. Certain words have irregular forms of co bad, worse, worst; ill, worse, worst; good, bett more, most; well, better, best. 4. Do not use both an ending (er or est) a (more or most) in making the comparison. prettier than that " (not "more prettier "). Fords more used ive.” st (or ng ly er "). verb, used two; the superlative degree, in comparing more th An Exercise. Write the three forms for each of the fo adjectives. Then use them in sentences. slow tight rapid generous intelligen Change the adjectives to adverbs. Then write th forms of comparison and express them in sentences. 74. Correct Use of Adjectives (continued). 1. Proper adjectives must be written with capitals. "the English language" (not " the english language 2. "A," "an," and "the" are adjectives, often articles. "A" is used before a word with a consonant as "a mule." "An" is used before a word with a vowel as, an egg. "A" and "an" are called indefinite arti cause they mean any one of the person, place, thing, described: rm in lite of rls "). kind, thing In the ; as, much, dverb This is a man a country │a house an hono "The" is called the definite article because it design particular one; as, the man 3. When separate persons or things are meant, the must be repeated; as, " He had a blue and a gray suit suits). To say "He had a blue and he has one suit of blue and gray color." the country | the house | the hond gray suit" mea 4. The article a is not needed before a general wor "That is the kind of boy I want " (not "kind of a bo A Baseball Sentence Match. The teacher will na adjective or an adverb, and the pupil will give three se using the three degrees of comparison. (See page |