English Grammar
English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools
作者：Armstrong, G. H. (George Henry), 1858-1938
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共 345 题- ENGLISH GRAMMAR
- COMPOSITION
- TORONTO:
- THE HUNTER, ROSE CO., LIMITED, TEMPLE BUILDING.
- G. H. ARMSTRONG.
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Index
- ENGLISH GRAMMAR
- PART FIRST.
- THE SENTENCE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- THE SUBJECT AND THE PREDICATE.
- EXERCISE I.
- Name the subject and the predicate of each of the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE II.
- EXERCISE III.
- NOUNS.
- State the words that are used as _names_ in the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE I.
- Name the nouns in the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE II.
- Write sentences containing—
- PRONOUNS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- 1. Write a sentence containing a pronoun used for the speaker.
- ADJECTIVES.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Write sentences containing adjectives used to show:—
- VERBS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- ADVERBS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- 1. Write four sentences each containing an adverb modifying a verb.
- 2. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adjective.
- 3. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adverb.
- PREPOSITIONS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- CONJUNCTIONS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- 1. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two sentences.
- 2. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two phrases.
- 3. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two adverbs.
- 4. Write a sentence containing a conjunction connecting two nouns.
- INTERJECTIONS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- EXERCISE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Show that the following words may have different grammatical values:—
- PART SECOND.
- CLASSES OF NOUNS.
- EXERCISE.
- II. CONCRETE AND ABSTRACT.
- EXERCISE.
- III. COLLECTIVE NOUNS.
- EXERCISE.
- IV. VERBAL NOUNS.
- EXERCISE.
- V. GENDER-NOUNS.
- Gender is distinguished by different words; as,—
- Gender is distinguished by different endings; as,—
- Gender is sometimes distinguished by prefixing words; as,—
- EXERCISE.
- NUMBER.
- 7. Most nouns taken from foreign languages retain their foreign plurals:
- EXERCISE.
- Write the plural of the following nouns:—
- 1. Nouns used only in the plural:—
- 2. Nouns that have the same form in both numbers:—
- 3. Nouns with _two_ plurals, differing in meaning:—
- 4. Nouns with a different meaning in the plural:—
- 5. Nouns with _two meanings_ in the plural:—
- CASE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- EXERCISE.
- Form the possessive case, singular and plural, of the following nouns:—
- State the case of the italicized nouns in the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE.
- How many grammatical objects has each verb in the following sentences?—
- EXERCISE.
- PARSING.
- EXERCISE.
- Parse all the nouns in the following sentences:—
- PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
- THE DECLENSION OF THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
- EXERCISE.
- DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS.
- COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS.
- RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
- 1. _Who_ is applied to persons; as, He knew the man _who_ did it.
- SINGULAR OR PLURAL.
- COMPOUND RELATIVE PRONOUNS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS.
- EXERCISE.
- EXERCISE.
- PARSING.
- Parse all the pronouns in the following sentences:—
- ADJECTIVES OF QUALITY.
- EXERCISE.
- ADJECTIVES OF QUANTITY.
- EXERCISE.
- PRONOMINAL ADJECTIVES.
- EXERCISE.
- COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES.
- The following adjectives are compared irregularly:—
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Compare the following adjectives:—
- CLASSES OF VERBS.
- EXERCISE I.
- Classify the verbs in the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE II.
- 1. Write sentences using the following words as transitive verbs:—
- 2. Write sentences using the following words as intransitive verbs:—
- EXERCISE.
- VOICE.
- Is the same idea expressed by the sentences in each group?—
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- MODE.
- EXERCISE I.
- Name the mode or mood of each verb, and give the reason in each case:—
- EXERCISE II.
- THE INFINITIVE.
- THE PARTICIPLE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- TENSE.
- TENSES OF THE INDICATIVE MODE.
- EXERCISE.
- Select the verbs, and state the tense of each:—
- PERSON AND NUMBER.
- EXERCISE.
- CONJUGATIONS OF THE VERB.
- IRREGULAR VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
- A LIST OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
- A LIST OF THE VERBS OF THE STRONG CONJUGATION.
- A LIST OF DEFECTIVE VERBS OF THE WEAK CONJUGATION.
- AUXILIARY VERBS.
- THE FORMS OF THE VERB =_HAVE_=.
- INDICATIVE MODE.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- IMPERATIVE MODE.
- EXERCISE.
- THE FORMS OF THE VERBS _SHALL_ AND _WILL_.
- EXERCISE.
- Tell how _shall_ and _will_. are used in the following sentences:—
- THE FORMS OF THE VERBS _DO_ AND _BE_.
- INDICATIVE MODE.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- EXERCISE.
- INDICATIVE MODE.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- EXERCISE I.
- State the use of the verb _be_ in each of the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE II.
- 1. Write four examples of the verb _be_ used as an independent verb.
- OTHER AUXILIARY VERBS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- CONJUGATION TO DENOTE THE TIME OR TENSE OF AN ACTION OF THE VERB _PRAISE_.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- IMPERATIVE MODE.
- INDICATIVE MODE.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- IMPERATIVE MODE.
- INDICATIVE MODE.
- SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.
- IMPERATIVE MODE.
- INFINITIVES.
- PARTICIPLES.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- PARSING OF VERBS.
- EXERCISE.
- CLASSES OF ADVERBS.
- What does each adverb in the following sentences denote?—
- EXERCISE.
- How is each adverb used in the following sentences?—
- PARSING OF ADVERBS.
- EXERCISE.
- Parse the adverbs in the following sentences:—
- PREPOSITIONS.
- 1. =Time=; as, The scholars go home _after_ school.
- 2. =Place= or =direction=; as, He sat _upon_ a stone.
- 3. =Agency= or =means=; as, John cut his finger _with_ a knife.
- 4. =Possession=; as, The call _of_ the shepherd was heard by his flock.
- 5. =Separation=; as, James took the book _from_ his brother.
- 6. =Association=; as, A man _with_ an axe in his hand came in.
- 7. =Opposition=; as, He is _against_ me.
- 8. =Object=; as, The love _of_ pleasure destroys many a life.
- 9. =Cause=; as, They did it _through_ ignorance.
- PARSING OF PREPOSITIONS.
- EXERCISE.
- Parse the prepositions in the following sentences:—
- CLASSES OF CONJUNCTIONS.
- PARSING OF CONJUNCTIONS.
- EXERCISE I.
- Parse the conjunctions in the following sentences:—
- EXERCISE II.
- 3. Write an example of correlative conjunctions. Underline them.
- INTERJECTIONS.
- EXERCISE.
- Parse the interjections in the following sentences:—
- PART THIRD.
- RELATIONS OF THE NOUN.
- Mr. Henry, our _principal_, is sick. (Nominative in apposition.)
- We like your sister _Mary_. (Objective in apposition.)
- RELATIONS OF THE PRONOUN.
- EXERCISE.
- RELATIONS OF ADJECTIVES.
- EXERCISE.
- State the relation of each adjective in the following sentences:—
- RELATIONS OF THE VERB.
- EXERCISE.
- RELATIONS OF ADVERBS.
- EXERCISE.
- Give the construction of each adverb in the following sentences:—
- THE ORDER OF WORDS.
- Observe the order of the words in the following sentence:—
- The subject of the sentence may follow the verb:—
- 1. In interrogative sentences; as, Are _you_ there?
- 2. In expressing a wish; as, May _you_ succeed.
- 3. In imperative sentences; as, Seek _ye_ not my face again.
- 4. In poetry; as,
- 6. In introducing quotations; as, “Pardon!” said the _Emperor_.
- 7. In inversion for emphasis; as, Flashed all their _sabres_ bare.
- The object may precede the verb that governs it:—
- 2. For emphasis; as, _Honor_ and _fame_ I seek not.
- Attributes naturally precede the noun, but they may follow:—
- 3. In poetry; as,
- Observe the following example:—
- The following is a list of correlatives:—
- PART FOURTH.
- THE SIMPLE SENTENCE.
- EXERCISES FOR ANALYSIS.
- CLAUSES.
- A noun clause may be used:—
- EXERCISES.
- ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX AND COMPOUND SENTENCES.
- EXERCISES.
- 1. The evil that men do lives after them.—_Shakespeare._
- 2. An idler is a watch that wants both hands.—_Cowper._
- 3. If sinners entice thee, consent thou not.—_Bible._
- 4. “I have it ready,” said Bassanio; “here it is.”—_Lamb._
- 5. I think of those upon whose rest he tramples.—_Bryant._
- 10. The things we have described occupied only a few minutes.—_Hugo._
- PART FIFTH.
- CAPITAL LETTERS.
- 1. The first word of every sentence should begin with a capital letter.
- LESSON LXVI.
- PUNCTUATION.
- THE USE OF WORDS.
- EXERCISE.
- THE SENTENCE.
- KINDS OF SENTENCES.
- THE PARAGRAPH.
- THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARAGRAPH.
- EXERCISE.
- 1. What is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?
- FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE.
- EXERCISE.
- STYLE.
- MODEL.
- TRAILING ARBUTUS.
- EXERCISE.
- PROSE.
- LETTERS.
- THE PARTS OF A LETTER.
- A FAMILIAR OR SOCIAL LETTER.
- Dear Uncle:—
- INVITATION.
- ACCEPTANCE.
- REGRET.
- APPLICATION FOR A SITUATION.
- Gentlemen:—
- LETTER ORDERING GOODS.
- Dear Sir:—
- ENVELOPE ADDRESSES.
- EXERCISE.
- 3. Write an invitation to a friend to attend your birthday party.
- NARRATION.
- THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF NARRATION.
- 1. The order in which the events occurred must be followed.
- 2. Every event must grow out of a preceding one.
- MODELS.
- I. JAMES BARRY AND EDMUND BURKE.
- II. JENNY LIND AND THE QUEEN.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- A plan for the first subject:—
- OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
- I. THE LANDING OF COLUMBUS.
- II. THE TAKING OF EDINBURGH CASTLE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- A plan for the first subject:—
- I. CORNELIA’S JEWELS.
- II. NEW YEAR’S EVE.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Write a story on one of the following themes:—
- DESCRIPTION.
- THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF DESCRIPTION.
- I. THE POND IN THE WOOD.
- II. SUNSET ON DERWENTWATER.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- EXERCISE III.
- Write a description of one of the following:—
- A plan for the first subject:—
- III. SLEEPY HOLLOW.
- IV. VIEW OF LISBON.
- V. PEN-PICTURE OF THE SCENE AT ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Write a description of one of the following:—
- A plan for the first subject:—
- EXPOSITION.
- I. PERSEVERANCE.
- II. ADDRESS TO STUDENTS.
- EXERCISE I.
- EXERCISE II.
- Write an expository composition on one of the following subjects:—
- A plan for the first subject:—
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.
- INDEX.
- Figurative language, 115
- Hyphen, 110
- Mode, 46
- Quotation marks, 110
- Use of words, 111
- Verbal nouns, 18