Easy lessons in English grammarA. Thom, 1877 - 120 páginas |
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1st pers 2nd 3rd 2nd Thou action or event Adverb Agent or Subject auxiliary verb called Complex sentence Compound Mood Compound Relative Conjugation Conjunctions copy Defective Verbs denotes the action depends Distributive pronouns English expressed or understood father Future Tense gender Grammar Idioms Imperative Mood INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive Mood Intransitive Irregular Verbs John joined LESSON means moods and tenses move Ye moved 2nd namely noun boy noun or pronoun objective case governed parsed Passive Voice Past Participle Past Tense Perf person or thing person singular personal pronoun phrase Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense PLUR Plur.-We plural number Poss Possessive Potential Mood Prepositions Pres PRESENT PARTICIPLE PRESENT TENSE Principal sentence Proper Noun qualify refers Relative Pronoun Rule of Syntax Simple sentence Simple Tenses SING Sing.-I sometimes speaking Subject or Nominative Subjunctive Mood syllable TENSE-I Third person thou move tive to-morrow Transitive Verb vowel walk word write
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Página 109 - In the first Person simply shall foretells ; In will a Threat, or else a Promise dwells. Shall, in the second and the third, does threat ; Will simply, then, foretells the future feat.
Página 36 - An Irregular Verb is one that does not form its past tense and past participle by adding ed to the present.
Página 1 - ENGLISH GRAMMAR. ENGLISH GRAMMAR is the art of speaking and writing the English Language with propriety.
Página 70 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me, — But let us part fair foes ; I do believe, Though I have found them not, that there may be Words which are things, — hopes which will not deceive, And virtues which are merciful, nor weave Snares for the failing ; I would also deem O'er others...
Página 20 - A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as, "The man is happy : he is benevolent : he is useful
Página 11 - When a noun ends with y preceded by a vowel, the plural is formed by adding s in the regular way; as, boy, boys; chimney, chimneys; turkey, turkeys; valley, valleys. RULE 3 When a noun ends with y preceded by a consonant, the plural is formed by changing y to i, and adding es; as, liberty, liberties; family, families; history, histories; berry, berries.
Página 103 - I little thought, when first thy rein I slacked upon the banks of Seine, That Highland eagle e'er should feed On thy fleet limbs, my matchless steed ! Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day, That costs thy life, my gallant grey!
Página 16 - s to the nominative ; but the j is sometimes omitted when the sound is unpleasant; as, " for conscience' sake," " Socrates
Página 20 - The speaker is called the first person, the person spoken to is called the second person, and any person or thing spoken of is called the third person.