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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DEFINITIONS. +A _Descriptive Adjective_ is one that modifies by expressing quality+. +A _Definitive Adjective_ is one that modifies by pointing out, numbering, or denoting quantity+. SENTENCE-BUILDING. Place the following adjectives in two columns, one headed _descriptive_, and the other _definitive_, then build simple sentences in which they shall be employed as _modifiers_. Find out the meaning of each word before you use it. Round, frolicsome, first, industrious, jolly, idle, skillful, each, the, faithful, an, kind, one, tall, ancient, modern, dancing, mischievous, stationary, nimble, several, slanting, parallel, oval, every. Build simple sentences in which the following _descriptive_ adjectives shall be employed as _attribute complements_. Let some of these attributes be _compound_. Restless, impulsive, dense, rare, gritty, sluggish, dingy, selfish, clear, cold, sparkling, slender, graceful, hungry, friendless. Build simple sentences in which the following _descriptive_ adjectives shall be employed. Some of these adjectives have the _form_ of _participles_, and some are |
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