Elementary English GrammarIndiana school book Company, 1891 |
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An Elementary English Grammar - For the Use of Schools Robert Gordon Latham No preview available - 2009 |
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adjective qualifies adverb Analyze the sentences apples auxiliary verbs birds called change of form collective noun complete complex sentence compound predicate compound sentence compound subject conjunction declarative sentence declares a fact declares action Define dependent clause Exercise explain Fill the blanks form to denote Give an example Give examples horse idea imperative sentence interjection interrogative pronoun interrogative sentence ject John Jonathan Jennings kind of noun kind of sentence kinds of words learned Lesson loved Mary meaning modified predicate modified subject nominative noun or pronoun nouns and pronouns Parse the words participle passive voice person speaking person spoken personal pronoun plural number possessive predicate adjective Present Tense punctuation qualifies the noun qualify a noun QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW Questions.-What relative clause relative pronoun river shows the relation simple sentences singular number speech step in parsing subject and predicate tence thing third person tive transitive verb trees