+Direction+.--_Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the
attribute complement and the verb to their usual places, and tell what is
lost by the change_:--
1. A dainty plant is the ivy green.
2. Feet was I to the lame.
3. A mighty man is he.
4. As a mark of respect was the present given.
5. A giant towered he among men.
+Direction+.--_Transpose these sentences by moving the attribute complement
and the verb, and tell what is gained by the change_:--
1. We are merry brides.
2. Washington is styled the "Father of his Country."
3. He was a stark mosstrooping Scot.
4. The man seemed an incarnate demon.
5. Henry VIII. had become a despot.
+Direction+.--_Using these nouns as attribute complements, write three
sentences in the usual order, and then transpose them_:--
Rock, desert, fortress.
+Direction+.--_Restore these sentences to their usual order by moving the
adjective complement and the verb to their customary places_:--
1. Happy are we to-night, boys.
2. Good and upright is the Lord.
3. Hotter grew the air.
4. Pale looks your Grace.
5. Dark rolled the waves.
6. Louder waxed the applause.
7. Blood-red became the sun.
8. Doubtful seemed the battle.
9. Wise are all his ways.
10. Wide open stood the doors.
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