Higher Lessons in English - A work on english grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg;Alonzo Reed
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1. Moisture is exhaled.
2. Conclusions are drawn. 3. Industry will enrich. 4. Stars have disappeared. 5. Twilight is falling. 6. Leaves are turning. 7. Sirius has appeared. 8. Constantinople had been captured. 9. Electricity has been harnessed. 10. Tempests have been raging. 11. Nuisances should be abated. 12. Jerusalem was destroyed. 13. Light can be reflected. 14. Rain must have fallen. 15. Planets have been discovered. 16. Palaces shall crumble. 17. Storms may be gathering. 18. Essex might have been saved. 19. Caesar could have been crowned, 20. Inventors may be encouraged. +Direction+.--_Point out the subject and the predicate of each sentence in Lessons 12 and 17_. Look first for the word that asserts, and then, by putting _who_ or _what_ before this predicate, the subject may easily be found. TO THE TEACHER.--Let this exercise be continued till the pupils can readily point out the subject and the predicate in ordinary simple sentences. |
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