Elementary Lessons in English for Home and School Use

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Ginn and Heath, 1881 - 278 pages
 

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Page xi - Proceed from the known to the unknown — from the particular to the general — from the concrete to the abstract — from the simple to the more difficult 9. First synthesis, then analysis — not the order of the subject, but the order of nature. Let us examine these principles briefly. " 1st. Activity is a law of childhood. Accustom the child to do — educate the hand.
Page 201 - Farts of a letter are 1. the heading:, 2. the address, 3. the salutation, 4. the body, 5. the subscription. 1. Turn to the letters found...
Page 26 - Read for practice : — arise along above apart among a ride a lawn a bud a park a month a rule a lark a book a plume a mine a race a lute a bird a pencil a mule aloud, a loud voice; along, a long journey ; around, a round piece ; across, a cross dog ; afar, a far country ; abroad, a broad street. 5. Mention one thing that you have seen whose name begins with b, c, d, f, g, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, or w, and speak the word a before its name. CAUTION. — When you read, do not forget to pronounce...
Page 66 - Thi 1. Write the name of the month in which you were born. 2. Write the names of all the months which have thirty days. 3. Write the name of the shortest month. 4. Write the name of the first month in the year. 5. Write the name of the mouth in which Christmas comes. 6. Write the names of the two warmest months in the year. 7. Write the name of the middle month of Autumn. 8. Fill the blanks in this couplet with the names that are left out : — winds and April showers Bring the pretty flowers. 9....
Page 218 - Brown County ; January 13 ; Ohio ; 1884 ; Ripley. (c) March 4; 1891; New York City; P. 0. Box 1140 LESSON III. THE POSITION OF THE HEADING. Preceded by oral instruction and practice, indicated in Teacher's Edition. 1. Where should the heading of a letter be placed ? The heading of a letter should be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the sheet of paper, and should begin about an inch and a half, or four centimeters, from the top of the sheet. 2. How much space may the heading occupy ? The heading...
Page 242 - Your letter bearing date Aug. 10th was duly received." \ 5. What cautions should be observed in writing the body of a letter ? 1. Write very plainly. 2. Do not crowd words ; if there, is not room for a word at the end of a line, divide it between two syllables, and place a hyphen at the end of the line to show that the word is not finished. (See diagram, page 140.) 3. Do not. use & for and in the, body of a letter. 4. Except in writing dates and sums of money, do not use figures in the body of a...
Page 97 - Write each of these words so that it will mean more than one : — path, engine, balcony, shelf, woman, horse, fox, half, man, deer, notch, buggy, canopy, louse, trout.
Page 99 - ... 12. Of what is the full name made up ? Why should you always speak and write the name of a person or place very plainly ? 13. What is a statement ? Tell what each part of a statement shows. 14. Tell when you would use, — I, it, we, you, he, they, she. 15. Name the parts of the foot of a cat, and tell, in statements, the use of each part. 16. Of what items is one's address made up ? B. — WRITTEN. 1. Write a word that is the name of, — a person, a place, a thing, a material, a part. 2. Write...
Page 143 - Follow the same path, Mary. Children, obey your parents. Development Questions. — 1. To whom is each of the above commands given ? How do you know ? 2. Read each command, and leave out the word or words which show to whom the command is given. 3. By what marks are those words separated from the commands ? III. The word or words which show to whom a command is given, or of whom a request is made, should be separated from the command by a comma or commas. EXERCISE 1. Use commas wherever needed in...
Page 158 - Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant change the y to i and add es to form the plural: as, ally, allies; lady, ladies.

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