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"A work on english grammar and composition"

In the eleventh sentence what two things
does _decorated_ tell something about? In the seventh sentence _these_
stands for what two nouns, or names, found in the preceding sentence? Find
the subject and the predicate of each sentence from the sixth to the
thirteenth inclusive. To what class of words does each of these chief parts
belong? Find in these sentences nouns that are not subjects. Find several
compound nouns the parts of which are joined with the hyphen.
_The_ and _wondering_ in the first sentence go with what noun? The group of
words _from this piazza_ goes with what word? In the second sentence put
_what_ before, and then after, _formed_, and find the names that answer
these questions. What does _of the mansion_ go with? What does _of usual
residence_ describe? In the third sentence what word tells where the
dazzling occurred? Find a group of three words telling what the rows were
composed of. What group of words tells the position of the rows? In the
fourth sentence what group of words shows where the bag stood? _Of wool
ready to be spun_ describes what? _A_ and _huge_ are attached to what?
TO THE TEACHER.--We have here suggested some of the devices by which pupils
may be led to see the functions of words and phrases.


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