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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1900. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Part II.--Elementary Grammar. SECTION I. THE SENTENCE. Review Sections I and II, Part I. Words are used to express thought. A group of words that expresses a complete thought is called a sentence. What is a sentence? The groups of words below are sentences. Why are they sentences? 1. Horses run. 3. Dogs bark. 2. Birds fly. 4. Fishes swim. Give five other sentences. See how many sentences you can find on this page. To The Teacher-Children may recite very glibly the definition of a sentence with very little recognition of what a sentence really is. The mere definition will help them but little to this knowledge. A good exercise to develop the power of distinguishing between a sentence and a part of a sentence is to write upon the blackboard, or dictate to the class, the words of several sentences without break, capitals, or punctuation, and then require the class to separate these words properly into sentences. The composition exercises of the pupils may be made to serve the same purpose. 91 SECTION II. THE SENTENCE.--SUBJECT AND PREDICATE. i. John is reading. 2. Mary writes. 3. The teacher rings the bell. 4. The fire warms the room. About whom is something said in the first sentence? In the second? In the third? About what is something said in the fourth sentence? Who is spoken of in the first sentence? In the second? In the third? What is spoken of in the fourth sentence? To The Teacher.--This tautological form of questioning is often serviceable in oral instruction. The first set of questions leads the pupil to the thought, the second leads him to recognize the form of words in which the thought is expressed. The part of the sentence which tells what person or thing is spoken of is called the subject of the sentence. What is the subject of the first sentence? O...
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