Mary's Grammar: Interspersed with Stories, and Intended for the Use of ChildrenLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835 - 285 σελίδες |
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... never read such a stupid book ; and look , " added she , pointing to the pencil - marks on the page , " what a long hard lesson I have to learn ! Miss Thompson says , that now I am seven years old , I ought to begin to learn grammar ...
... never read such a stupid book ; and look , " added she , pointing to the pencil - marks on the page , " what a long hard lesson I have to learn ! Miss Thompson says , that now I am seven years old , I ought to begin to learn grammar ...
Σελίδα 6
... never allowed to touch any thing in it . Then there is the tea - chest , which is a place and a thing too . It is a very pretty thing , and a very safe place ; for you know you always keep it locked . Oh , I begin to like nouns , they ...
... never allowed to touch any thing in it . Then there is the tea - chest , which is a place and a thing too . It is a very pretty thing , and a very safe place ; for you know you always keep it locked . Oh , I begin to like nouns , they ...
Σελίδα 8
... never have finished . " " Oh no , " replied Mary ; " I cannot name every thing in the whole world , only some of those I know best . Table is a noun , and chair , and stool , and my doll , and my toys , too : -but , mamma , " cried she ...
... never have finished . " " Oh no , " replied Mary ; " I cannot name every thing in the whole world , only some of those I know best . Table is a noun , and chair , and stool , and my doll , and my toys , too : -but , mamma , " cried she ...
Σελίδα 26
... never understand it . Cannot you explain it by some little story ? I do not mean quite a whole story , but some- thing like a story ; that always makes me understand it . " " You mean an example , I suppose , " said her mother ; " well ...
... never understand it . Cannot you explain it by some little story ? I do not mean quite a whole story , but some- thing like a story ; that always makes me understand it . " " You mean an example , I suppose , " said her mother ; " well ...
Σελίδα 37
... never considered that I was only one letter ; I suppose be- cause it is a great letter , and so it looks more like a word by itself . " " Great or small makes no difference , my dear ; it is the sense , and not the size or the sort of ...
... never considered that I was only one letter ; I suppose be- cause it is a great letter , and so it looks more like a word by itself . " " Great or small makes no difference , my dear ; it is the sense , and not the size or the sort of ...
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2d Person active verb adjectives adverbs Alice auxiliary verb better bonnet cake called chickens child colour conjugation conjunctions continued her mother cowslips cried Mary Cullen dance dear degrees of comparison demonstrative pronoun doll drawers Edward Ellen exclaimed Mary fisherman foot measure frightened frock future tense gender give glad hear horse indicative mode infinitive mode jective Jenny laughing little girl little word look Lucy mamma means neuter verb never nominative nosegay object Oh yes participle passive verb plum buns plural number pony poor possessive pray preposition pretty principal verb recollect regular verb relative pronoun remember replied her mother replied Mary ride secret sentence sheep singular number smiling Sophy sort speak sponge cake story subjunctive mode sure Susan talking tell thing thou to-morrow told tree true understand Villars walk write
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Σελίδα 258 - I am. Thou art. He is. We are. You are. They are. I was. Thou wast He was. We were. You were. They were.
Σελίδα 46 - A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled.
Σελίδα 36 - AN or A is called the indefinite article, because it does not define or point out any particular object.
Σελίδα 101 - He started back with surprise, when he heard a small gentle voice speak as follows: — " The first thing I can remember was when I was only a grain of corn, lying in a large room, with a great many other grains. We remained there a long time ; when one day a man came and took out a quantity of us. He put us into a sack and carried us away.
Σελίδα 99 - Edward, a little boy six years old, was one day strolling about the garden, eating a large crust of bread; he threw himself on the grass, and lay idly basking in the sun. All at once there appeared before him a beautiful fairy, whose name was Instruction. Her dress shone with the brilliant colours of the rainbow, and she wore a crown of flowers on her head. In one hand she held a silver wand, with which she could perform wonderful things, and in the other a book, the leaves of which were all made...
Σελίδα 104 - We were then bound up in sheaves and set upright on the ground, leaning one against the other for support ; for, being separated from our roots in the ground, we were no longer able to stand upright. We remained some days and nights on the ground, and then we were put into a large cart, and carried to the rick-yard to be stacked.
Σελίδα 99 - ... rainbow, and she wore a crown of flowers on her head. In one hand she held a silver wand with which she could perform wonderful things, and in the other, a book, the leaves of which were all made of looking-glass, and which was no less wonderful than the wand. She smiled and looked so good-humouredly on Edward, that instead of being frightened he was quite pleased.
Σελίδα 12 - 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.
Σελίδα 100 - what shall I do when you are gone, and nothing to amuse me ?" " You seemed very well amused before I came," said the fairy, " lounging as you were on the grass, and eating your crust of bread." ** So I was," replied Edward; " but since you have shown me that pretty book I shall do nothing but long to see it again. I don't care for my crust of bread any longer.
Σελίδα 32 - An ARTICLE is a word prefixed to nouns, to point them out, and to show how far their signification extends ; as, a garden, the woman.