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... verb , or to a preposition . Q. How many cases have nouns ? A. Nouns have three cases ; the nominative , the ... action , or of a relation expressed by a preposition . Q. Which of these cases are alike ? A. The 12 IRVING'S IMPROVED CATECHISM.
... verb , or to a preposition . Q. How many cases have nouns ? A. Nouns have three cases ; the nominative , the ... action , or of a relation expressed by a preposition . Q. Which of these cases are alike ? A. The 12 IRVING'S IMPROVED CATECHISM.
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... Active , renowned , beautiful , eloquent , benevolent , virtuous , temperate , uneven , troublesome . - Easy ... voice is the most sweetest in the grove ; The magnificentest palace ; The loftyest tower ; A most perfect beauty . Q. Are ...
... Active , renowned , beautiful , eloquent , benevolent , virtuous , temperate , uneven , troublesome . - Easy ... voice is the most sweetest in the grove ; The magnificentest palace ; The loftyest tower ; A most perfect beauty . Q. Are ...
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... verbs are there ? A. Verbs are of three kinds ; Active , Passive , and Neuter . Q. What does an active verb express ? A. An active , or Transitive verb , expresses some action passing from an actor to an object ; as , James struck ...
... verbs are there ? A. Verbs are of three kinds ; Active , Passive , and Neuter . Q. What does an active verb express ? A. An active , or Transitive verb , expresses some action passing from an actor to an object ; as , James struck ...
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... verb is now generally considered to be the Passive voice of a transitive verb . Q. What does a neuter verb express ? A. A neuter or intransitive verb expresses a state of being , or an action confined to the actor ; as , I am , he ...
... verb is now generally considered to be the Passive voice of a transitive verb . Q. What does a neuter verb express ? A. A neuter or intransitive verb expresses a state of being , or an action confined to the actor ; as , I am , he ...
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... action or state can be expressed by a verb . Q. How many moods have verbs ? A. Verbs have five moods ; namely , the in- dicative , the imperative , the potential , the subjunctive , and the infinitive . Q. How is the indicative mood ...
... action or state can be expressed by a verb . Q. How many moods have verbs ? A. Verbs have five moods ; namely , the in- dicative , the imperative , the potential , the subjunctive , and the infinitive . Q. How is the indicative mood ...
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adverb Anapestic apostrophe auxiliary verbs Bradford Grammar School brother called Charing Cross cloth coloured common gender compared compound Conjugate the verb conjunction Decline denote diligent dipthong Edition Edward Stanford Ellipsis Exercises expressed or understood father Fcap friends FUTURE happy horse Imperative Mood indicative mood infinitive mood Interrogation intransitive verb irregular verb James kind lady letters loved Maps mayst or canst meant moods and tenses mounted on rollers names neuter verb nominative nouns object Parse the sentence PAST COMPLETE PAST INDEFINITE Past Participle personal pronoun phrase plural number possessive Potential Mood preposition PRESENT COMPLETE PRESENT INDEFINITE present tense Price principal regular active verb requires riches RULE sense short syllables shouldst singular number speak speech Subjunctive Mood superlative third person singular Thou art Thou hast Thou mayst Thou mightst tive varnished VARTY'S verb active verse virtue vowel wise words wouldst write
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Page 106 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 101 - To purchase Heaven has gold the power ? Can gold remove the mortal hour ? In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No — all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought.
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Page 101 - Adjectives derived from the proper names of places; as, Grecian, Roman, English, French, and Italian. 6. The first word of a quotation, introduced after a colon, or when it is in a direct form ; as, Always remember this ancient maxim :
Page 101 - ... blood can expiate. The reason perhaps may be, because no other vice implies a want of courage so much as the making of a lie ; and, therefore, telling a man he lies, is touching him in the most sensible part of honour, and indirectly calling him a coward. I cannot omit under this head what Herodotus tells us of the ancient Persians, that from the age of five years to twenty, they instruct their sons only in three things, to manage the horse, to make use of the bow, and to speak truth.
Page 36 - Perfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I have been loved, 1. We have been loved, 2. Thou hast been loved, 2. You have been loved, 3. He has been loved ; 3. They have been loved. Pluperfect Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I had been loved, 1.
Page 98 - COLON. The Colon is used to divide a sentence into two or more parts, less connected than those which are separated by a semicolon ; but not so independent as separate, distinct sentences.
Page 30 - PERFECT TENSE Singular Plural 1 I have been 1 We have been 2 Thou hast been 2 You have been 3 He has been 3 They have been PLUPERFECT (PAST PERFECT) TENSE Singular Plural...