First Lessons in English GrammarIvison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company, 1870 - 168 pages |
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according to Rule active voice adjective apples auxiliary verbs beautiful belongs better bloom brought called classes clause co-ordinate collective noun compared compound conjugate Conjunctive Adverb definition degree denotes divided express Feminine finite verb flowers Future-Perfect Tense grammar grammatical persons horse IMPERATIVE MOOD Incorrect indefinite indicative mood INTERJECTIONS interrogative intransitive John kind lady lessons Mary Masculine meaning meant modified neuter gender nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns object parsing participial noun passive Past Tense Past-Perfect Tense peaches Perf perfect participle person and number person or thing plural number POTENTIAL MOOD predicate predicate-verb preposition present participle Present Tense Present-Perfect Tense principal pupil relation relative pronoun river rose rowed sentence that consists shows simple sing singular number sometimes speak subject or antecedent subject-nominative subjunctive mood subordinate superlative syllables syntax teacher should explain tells thou tion tive transitive verb tree vowel write
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Page 76 - Tense. Singular. Plural. 1. I shall have been, 1. We shall have been, 2. Thou wilt have been, 2.
Page 76 - 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. PAST TENSE. 1. I was, 1. We were, 2. Thou wast, 2. You were, 3. He was; 3. They were. PAST PERFECT TENSE. 1. I had been, 1. We had been, 2.
Page 40 - I am * Thou art He is We are You are They are Perfect I have been Thou hast been He has been Present Participle Being Indicative Imperfect I was Thou wast He was We...
Page 30 - The Principal Parts of a verb are the present tense, the past tense, the present participle, and the perfect participle. These are called the PRINCIPAL PARTS, because by means of them and the auxiliary verbs all the other parts of the verb can be formed.
Page 89 - Plural. 1. I might have been, 1. We might have been, 2. Thou mightst have been, 2. You might have been, 3. He might have been ; 3. They might have been.
Page 115 - When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Thronged around her magic cell, Exulting, trembling, raging, fainting, Possessed beyond the Muse's painting ; By turns they felt the glowing mind Disturbed, delighted, raised, refined ; Till once, 'tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound...
Page 161 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 100 - Nominatives. A Noun or Pronoun, used as the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case.
Page 4 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden -flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 75 - You are (thou art). 2. You are. 3. He is. 3. They are. Past Tense 1. I was. 1. We were. 2. You were (thou wast). 2. You were. 3. He was. 3. They were. Future Tense 1. I shall be. 1. We shall be. 2. You will be (thou wilt be).