Graded Lessons in English Part 21

We saw a marble bust of Sir W. Scott entering the vestibule.

Here is news from a neighbor boiled down.

I found a cent walking over the bridge.

Balboa discovered the Pacific ocean climbing to the top of a mountain.

Punctuate the following exercises.

Cradled in the camp Napoleon was the darling of the army.

Having approved of the plan the king put it into execution.

Satan incensed with indignation stood unterrified.

My friend seeing me in need offered his services.

James being weary with his journey sat down on the wall.

The owl hid in the tree hooted through the night.

REVIEW QUESTIONS.

Give the caution relating to the position of the phrase modifier; that relating to the choice of prepositions; that relating to the double negative (Lesson 41). Give examples of errors. Can a noun be an attribute complement? Ill.u.s.trate. What do you understand by a participle? Into what may some participles be changed? Ill.u.s.trate. What offices does the infinitive phrase perform? Ill.u.s.trate them.

+To the Teacher+.--See COMPOSITION EXERCISES in the Supplement--Selection from George Eliot.

LESSON 51.

REVIEW.

MISCELLANEOUS ERRORS FOR CORRECTION. (See Cautions in Lessons 30, 40, and 41.)

There never was such another man.

He was an old venerable patriarch.

John has a cadaverous, hungry, and lean look.

He was a well-proportioned, fine fellow.

Pa.s.s me them potatoes.

Put your trust not in money.

We have often occasion for thanksgiving,

Now this is to be done how?

Nothing can justify ever profanity.

To continually study is impossible.

(An adverb is seldom placed between the preposition _to_ and the infinitive.)

Mary likes to tastefully dress.

Learn to carefully choose your words.

She looks queerly.

Give me a soon and direct answer.

The post stood firmly.

The eagle flies highly.

The orange tastes sweetly.

I feel tolerable well.

The branch breaks easy.

Thistles grow rapid.

The eagle flies swift.

This is a miserable poor pen.

A wealthy gentleman will adopt a little boy with a small family.

A gentleman called from Africa to pay his compliments.

Water consists in oxygen and hydrogen.

He went out attended with a servant.

I have a dislike to such tricksters.

We have no prejudice to foreigners.

She don't know nothing about it.

Father wouldn't give me none.

He hasn't been sick neither.

I won't have no more nohow.

+To the Teacher+.--Let the reason be given for every correction.

LESSON 52.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

Build sentences in which the following participles shall be used as modifiers.

Being fatigued; laughing; being amused; having been elected; running; having been running.

Expand each of the following sentences into three sentences, using the _participial form_ of the verb as a _participle_, in the first; the same form as an _adjective_, in the second; and as a _noun_, in the third.

+Model+.--The stream _flows_. The stream, _flowing_ gently, crept through the meadow. The _flowing_ stream slipped away to the sea. The _flowing_ of the stream caused a low murmur. The stream flows. The sun rises. Insects hum. The birds sing. The wind whistles. The bells are ringing. The tide ebbs.

Form _infinitive phrases_ from the following verbs, and use these phrases as _adjectives, adverbs_, and _nouns_, in sentences of your own building.

Smoke, dance, burn, eat, lie, try.

+To the Teacher+.--For exercises to distinguish the participle from the predicate verb, see Notes, pp. 181, 182.