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English Composition for the Use of Schools
English Composition for the Use of Schools Author:Robert Armstrong General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1872 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: 2. Write from the following paragraph the simple sentences in which the prepositional adjunct is joined to the verb which forms part of the predicate. 3. Write from the following paragraph the simple sentences in which the prepositional adjunct is joined to the object which forms part of the predicate. 4. Write from the following paragraph the simpie sentences in which the prepositional adjunct forms part of both subject and predicate. PARAGRAPH FOR EXERCISES. Some ants inhabit old trunks of trees. Nests are lined in the inside with the most delicate materials. The soil of Europe is distinguished for its valuable productions. Lightning does not always proceed in a straight line. Every month of the year brings us different plants. The Nile exhibits a variety of striking cataracts in its course towards the ocean. The law of gravitation produces a vast variety of scenery in the system of nature. The air is received into the lungs through the windpipe. A precipice in the channel of a river causes a cataract. The mechanism of the humau body is replete with wonders. SECTION HI. CONSTRUCTION OF SIMPLE SENTENCES. Subject. 1. Write three simple sentences in which the subject is simply a noun or a pronoun. Examples. -- Birds warble. He reads. 2. Write three simple sentences in which the subject consists of two or more nouns or pronouns Ex. -- The king and the clergy disagreed. 3. Write three simple sentences in which the subject is modified by words or prepositional phrases. Ex. -- The diligent scholar is commended. The example of the good should be imitated. 4. Write three simple sentences in wh...« less