Gradual Lessons in Grammar, Or, Guide to the Construction of the English Language, by the Analysis and Composition of Sentences |
Common terms and phrases
adjective admit a direct adverb analyze several sentences Construct and analyze copula definite article denoting one person direct object directly modified EXAMPLE EXERCISES Formal Style Future Perfect future perfect tense gentleman Imperfect Indicative and potential indicative mode INFINITIVE MODE intransitive limiting noun limiting words limits the noun limits the predicate limits the verb masculine gender mightst mode and tense modified predicate modified subject nominative NOTE noun book noun boy noun denoting noun or pronoun Perfect Participle perfect tense person and number person and singular person or thing personal pronoun Pluperfect pluperfect tense plural number POTENTIAL MODE predicate directly limited prefixed preposition present tense proposition pupil QUESTIONS relative clause relative pronoun REMARK representing the noun representing the person save the repetition second clause second person Shalt or wilt singular number SUBJUNCTIVE MODE taught teacher teaching third person third person singular Thou transitive verb love word connects word directly limits wouldst
Popular passages
Page 165 - ... spread spread spread spring sprang sprung stand stood stood steal stole stolen stick stuck stuck sting stung stung stink...
Page 164 - Know, knew, known, Lade, laded, laden. Lay, laid, laid. Lead, led, led. Leave, left, left. Lend, lent, lent. Let, let, let Lie, to lie down, lay, lain. Load, loaded, laden, x. Lose, lost, lost. Make, made, made. Meet, met, met. Mow, mowed, mown, R.
Page 162 - Bid, bid, bade, bidden, bid. Bind, bound, bound. Bite, bit, bitten, bit, Bleed, bled, bled. Blow, blew, blown. Break, broke, broken.
Page 163 - BURST BURST BURST BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT CAST CAST CAST CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT CHOOSE CHOSE CHOSEN CLING CLUNG CLUNG COME CAME COME COST COST COST CREEP CREPT CREPT...
Page 164 - Say, said, said. See, saw, seen. Seek, sought, sought. Sell, sold, sold. Send, sent, sent. Set, set, set. Shake, shook, shaken. Shape, shaped, shapen, R.
Page 165 - Swim swam swum Swing swung swung Take took taken Teach taught taught Tear tore torn Tell told told Think thought thought Thrive throve...
Page 163 - Kat, eat, or ate, eaten. Fall, fell, fallen. Feed, fed, fed. Feel, felt, felt. Fight, fought, fought. Find, found, found. Flee, fled, fled. Fling, flung, flung. Fly, flew, flown.
Page 164 - ... read read read rend rent rent rid rid rid ride rode ridden ring rang rung rise rose risen run ran run...
Page 141 - good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; little, less, least ; much or many, more, most ; near, nearer, nearest or next ; late, later, latest or last ; old, older or elder, oldest or eldest ;
Page 163 - ... do did done draw drew drawn drink drank drunk drive drove driven eat ate eaten fall fell fallen...