First Lessons in Grammar: Based Upon the Construction and Analysis of Sentences Designed as in Introduction to the "analysis of Sentences" |
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ABSOLUTE TENSES according to Rule adjective adjective element adverbs Analyze the following ANALYZING AND PARSING Ancient Geography attribute Bardstown BELDIN Board of Trustees Bowling Green called Centre College city of Cincinnati clauses denoting Common Schools complex sentence connectives consonant coördinate copula Danville English language EXERCISE following sentences formed by joining future perfect future perfect tense future tense gender Geography and Atlas George horses imperative mode infinitive interrogative sentence Kentucky learner LESSON loved Madison Academy Maps Mitchell's School Geography nominative NOTE noun or pronoun object Oregon Territories past participle past tense perfect tense denotes personal pronouns phrase Plur Plural potential mode predicate prefixes present perfect present perfect tense present tense Prog proposition Public Schools pupil RELATIVE TENSES Remarkable Events Shelbyville simple sentence Sing singular number subjunctive subordinate clause subvocal syllable third person thou tion tive transitive verb triphthong Trustees and Visiters Visiters of Common vowel words Write
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Page 73 - An adverb is a word used to modify the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Page 64 - You were. 3. He was. They were. FUTURE TENSE 1. I shall be. We shall be. 2. Thou wilt be. You will be. 3. He will be. They will be.
Page 51 - Bid bade, bid . . . . bidden, bid. Bind bound bound. Bite bit bitten, bit. Bleed bled bled. Blow blew blown. Break broke broken.
Page 16 - A DIGRAPH, or improper diphthong, is the union of two vowels in a syllable, one of which is silent; as, oa in loaf. 13. A TRIPHTHONG is the union of three vowels in one syllable ; as, eau in beau, ieu in adieu.
Page 55 - ... swim, swam, swum swing, swung, swung take, took, taken teach, taught, taught tear, tore, torn tell, told, told think, thought, thought throw, threw, thrown thrust, thrust, thrust...
Page 35 - A preposition is a word used to show the relation between a noun or pronoun and some other word ; as, above, with, into.
Page 36 - Nouns are divided into two classes, — proper and common A proper noun is the name of an individual object ; as, James, Erie.
Page 165 - All that walk on foot or ride In chariots, All that dwell in palaces or garrets.
Page 49 - The simple word, or positive, becomes the comparative, by adding r or er; and the superlative, by adding st or est, to the end of it: as, wise, wiser, wisest j great, greater, greatest.