ts, he _nd ity ton s? ning! the other Zories iving class ouds? els? ixed? plana apple tree and thinking, thinking, thinking. 2 Suddenly a that had grown ripe on its branch fell to the ground by his 3 “What made that apple fall?" he asked himself. 4 "It fell because its stem would no longer hold it to its b was his first thought. 5 But Sir Isaac was not satisfied with this answer. 6"Why did it fall toward the ground? Why should fall some other way just as well?" he asked. 7 8"All heavy things fall to the ground-but why do 9 Because they are heavy. 10 That is not a good reason. then we may ask why is anything heavy? 12 Why is on heavier than another?" 13 When he had once begun to think about this he did n until he had reasoned it all out. 14 Millions and millions of people had seen apples fall, Isaac Newton asked why they fall. 15 He explained it in this way: 16 "Every object draws every other object toward it. 17 "The more matter an object contains the harder it dra 18 "The nearer an object is to another the harder it draw 19 “The harder an object draws other objects, the heavi 20 "The earth is many millions of times heavier than an so it draws the apple toward it millions and millions of times than the apple can draw the other way. 21 "The earth is millions of times heavier than any obje to or upon its surface; so it draws every such object towa 22 "This is why things fall, as we say, toward the earth. 26 "It is gravitation that causes the apple to fall. Appositives. In the following sentences te the italicized words describe: 1. Edison, the inventor of the incandescent "The Wizard of Menlo Park." 2. They say that Madame Curie, the discoverer in Paris. 3. It is George, the captain of the team. The word "inventor" explains "Ediso "discoverer" explains "Madame Curie." An appositive is a noun or a pronoun that d person or thing as another substantive, which What is the appositive in the third sentence Remember: An appositive follows a noun or means the same. It is set off by comma Sentence Building and Analysis. (1) Find in the following sentences. (2) Make up ten words in apposition. (3) Find the words tha meanings of the predicate verbs. 1. Edison, the inventor of the talking mach newsboy on a train. 2. He printed a newspaper on the train. 3. He made experiments in his workshop, the 4. There was a fire one day in the workshop. 5. The conductor, an excitable man, threw h 6. Edison, the boy, was not discouraged by hi 7. He began his experiments at another place. 8. Edison learned telegraphy from a man on t 9. He constructed a short telegraph line of his 10. The library in Boston lent him books on sc II. Edison has a large laboratory and factory 12. He has hundreds of patents on inventions. 1. When the words this and that are used to describe they become adjectives rather than pronouns. In invention is wonderful," this is an adjective; in " wonderful" it is a pronoun. This implies "near, or hand"; that implies “ far.” far." These words should not b bined with "here" and "there." Say, "This man,' man (not "this here man,' "" that there man "). 2. Use farther when you are speaking of distance; a walked farther than John" (not "walked further ") further when you are speaking of going more deeply subject, not distance; as, "We shall discuss this further" (not "discuss farther "). 3. Use fewer when you are speaking of number; as, were fewer people there" (not "less people "). U when you speak of quantity; as, "I bought less butte 4. Good should not be used as an adverb. Say, “He well" (not "played good"). Well may also be used adjective, indicating good health; as, "I feel well." 5. Almost and most should not be confused. Al the adverb; as, "They are almost ready" (not ready"). Most is either an adjective or a pronou "Most inventors work hard" and "Most are busy." 6. Do not use worse when you mean more. Say, "I snakes more than eels " (not worse than "). 7. Remember that all right is written as two words. 8. Do not use badly when you mean very much; as wanted to go skating very much " (not "wanted badly 9. The word only should be placed close to the w modifies or else the meaning may be confused. Baseball Sentence Match. The teacher one of the words on page 83, and the pupil" a three sentences using it correctly. See page 4 85. A Pronunciation Drill. Practice pronou The weaver at his loom is sitting, Hand and pedal, Upward, downward, hither, thithe A Talk to the Class. Tell the class what out about communicating by one of the followi At the end of the period vote for the best ta 86. Agreement of Subject and Verb. verbs in the selection on the opposite page sho that one person or thing is meant? Which persons are meant? 66 one it is If it means more than one," it is called A and "is" are singular; and were and in speaking of persons or things. Verbs wh give son: found licized ir form at two ONE" as") Engular. Was " e plural ects are time; as, "He (or the man) invents the telephone.' RIGHT. 1. The desire of all the classes was to win. WRONG. 2. The ambition of the pupils in all the classes we An Exercise. In the selection below point out the ve tell whether their subjects are singular or plural. A BOY'S TELEGRAPH 1 The best telegraph known before the use of electri invented by two schoolboys in France. 2 They were b named Chappé (shap-pay'). They were in different b schools some miles apart, and the rules of their schools allow them to write letters to each other. 4 But the two were in sight of each other. 5 The brothers invented a te 6 They put up poles with bars of wood on them. 7 Th would turn on pegs or pins. 8 The bars were turned up o or one up and another down, or two down and one up. Every movement of the bars meant a letter. way the two brothers talked to each other, though th miles apart. 11 When the boys became men, they so plan to the French government. 12 The money they g their fortune. on. 9 13 About the time they sold this plan to the French ment, a boy named Samuel Morse was born in this 14 Fifty years later this Samuel Morse set up the firs electric telegraph. 15 This is the one we now use. EGGLESTON: Stories of American Life and Adv 10 |