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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Boston is the capital of Massachusetts.
Boston is the Athens of America. Boston is the "Hub of the Universe." Boston has crooked streets. Expand the following sentence into four sentences. Daniel Webster, the great jurist, the expounder of the Constitution, and the chief of the "American Triumvirate," died with the words, "I still live," on his lips. LESSON 68. SENTENCE-BUILDING. +To the Teacher+.--For additional exercises in composition, see Notes, pp. 176-180. Change the following simple sentences into complex sentences by expanding the phrases into adjective clauses. +Model+.--People _living in glass houses_ shouldn't throw stones. People _who live in glass houses_ shouldn't throw stones. Those living in the Arctic regions need much oily food. A house built upon the rock will stand. The boy of studious habits will always have his lesson. |
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