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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Σελίδα 213
... past and gone ; for yesterday is over , and will never come back again . " " But you see , Mary , that it is the change in the verb , from writes to wrote , and not the pronoun he , which points out the past time . And if I say , he ...
... past and gone ; for yesterday is over , and will never come back again . " " But you see , Mary , that it is the change in the verb , from writes to wrote , and not the pronoun he , which points out the past time . And if I say , he ...
Σελίδα 216
... a little thought , said , " I walk , that is now ; I walked , that means the past time ; and I shall walk , that is the future . " 06 Very well , Mary ; but I and he are not the only persons who can walk . In our les- 216 VERBS .
... a little thought , said , " I walk , that is now ; I walked , that means the past time ; and I shall walk , that is the future . " 06 Very well , Mary ; but I and he are not the only persons who can walk . In our les- 216 VERBS .
Σελίδα 218
... past Do you time ? " think you can tell me I " I must think of some past time , " said Mary . " Suppose it was yesterday : " she then continued , " I danced yesterday , thou dancedst yesterday , he danced yesterday we danced , you ...
... past Do you time ? " think you can tell me I " I must think of some past time , " said Mary . " Suppose it was yesterday : " she then continued , " I danced yesterday , thou dancedst yesterday , he danced yesterday we danced , you ...
Σελίδα 219
... past time . " " Only take care , Mary , " said her mother , smiling , " not to put the word ' yesterday after the verb , as you did in the past tense . " " Oh no ; it would be foolish to say , I shall dance yesterday . Let me see ! what ...
... past time . " " Only take care , Mary , " said her mother , smiling , " not to put the word ' yesterday after the verb , as you did in the past tense . " " Oh no ; it would be foolish to say , I shall dance yesterday . Let me see ! what ...
Σελίδα 230
... past time either . " " Grammarians , however , contrive to make both a past and a future time in this mode } but it is not necessary to trouble you about them 230 VERBS .
... past time either . " " Grammarians , however , contrive to make both a past and a future time in this mode } but it is not necessary to trouble you about them 230 VERBS .
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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.