Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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and then use these three modifiers in three separate sentences. +Model+.--_Saturn's rings_; the rings _of Saturn_; the rings _which surround Saturn_. _Saturn's_ rings can be seen with a telescope. The _rings of Saturn_ can be seen with a telescope. The rings _which surround Saturn_ can be seen, with a telescope. Absalom's hair; the hen's eggs; the elephant's tusks. Change the following simple sentences into complex sentences by expanding the participial phrases into clauses. The vessels carrying the blood from the heart are called arteries. The book prized above all other books is the Bible. Rivers rising west of the Rocky Mts. flow into the Pacific ocean. The guns fired at Concord were heard around the world. +To the Teacher+.--For additional composition exercises with particular reference to adjective clauses, see Notes, p. 177. LESSON 59. COMPLEX SENTENCES. |
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