The heart's-ease, or, Grammar in verse, by a lady teacher [J. Connell.].1854 |
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... sings and Fanny sews . Then what can things do ? Candles burn , The ships explode , the tables turn , The river overflows . THE ADVERB , When added to a verb - look now , It shows when , where , ' twas done , and how . John wrote that ...
... sings and Fanny sews . Then what can things do ? Candles burn , The ships explode , the tables turn , The river overflows . THE ADVERB , When added to a verb - look now , It shows when , where , ' twas done , and how . John wrote that ...
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... sing , to draw , to sew ; And always ends with ing . Thus sewing , singing , drawing too , Are names , no doubt , for what you do ; You're drawing , capering . * * The last line shows that verbal nouns are often used as verbs . EXERCISE ...
... sing , to draw , to sew ; And always ends with ing . Thus sewing , singing , drawing too , Are names , no doubt , for what you do ; You're drawing , capering . * * The last line shows that verbal nouns are often used as verbs . EXERCISE ...
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... Singing is good for the lungs ; but unless you sit erect , inclines you to stoop.- has become very fashionable . Dancing is good exer- is very objectionable amusement . cise , but ABSTRACT NOUNS . An abstract noun has quality From ...
... Singing is good for the lungs ; but unless you sit erect , inclines you to stoop.- has become very fashionable . Dancing is good exer- is very objectionable amusement . cise , but ABSTRACT NOUNS . An abstract noun has quality From ...
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... sings and Jessie sews . Then what do things do ? Candles burn , And guns explode , and castors turn , And frost , too , bites your toes . Το go , to come , to sit , to walk , To jump , thump , mumble , tumble , talk , To sing , read ...
... sings and Jessie sews . Then what do things do ? Candles burn , And guns explode , and castors turn , And frost , too , bites your toes . Το go , to come , to sit , to walk , To jump , thump , mumble , tumble , talk , To sing , read ...
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... see , As you all do in front of me : Verbs tell what subjects do , Thus , Tommy runs , when tired , he walks ; Or Mary sings , sometimes she talks- Draws beautifully too . Before I tell you any more , We'll place the GRAMMAR IN VERSE . 45.
... see , As you all do in front of me : Verbs tell what subjects do , Thus , Tommy runs , when tired , he walks ; Or Mary sings , sometimes she talks- Draws beautifully too . Before I tell you any more , We'll place the GRAMMAR IN VERSE . 45.
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Abstract Nouns active-transitive adjective Adjective-pronouns admire Adverbs beautiful BLANK VERSE brother called child cloak commas common nouns COMPOUND NOUNS conjunction David Doyle dear Dig dug diphthong EXERCISE Fanny Feminine Fill up spaces flowers following spaces foot gender grammar Harry hear Heart's-ease IMPERATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD Insert interjections intransitive James Jane Jemima Jessie John kinds of nouns last syllable letter look mamma Mary Masculine Master and Miss means metre Neuter nom'native nominative objective Papa parse PAST PERFECT PAST TENSE PERFECT TENSE Personal pronouns Plural poor Port wine POTENTIAL MOOD preposition PRESENT TENSE PROSE Prosody Queen rhyme RULE semicolon sheep sing SPIT Spit SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD sure tell thee There's music thing Thou three syllables tive transitive TRANSITIVE VERB TRIPHTHONGS understand verb VERBAL NOUNS vowels walk words write
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