CONTENTS
Reading edition
LESSON PAGE
I. Declarative Sentences. Subject and Predicate 9
II. Simple Subject. Nouns 11
III. Classification of Nouns 13
IV. Verbs 15
V. Pronouns 18
VI. Compound Subject and Compound Predicate 19
VII. Transposed Subject and Predicate 22
VIII. Interrogative Sentences 23
IX. Adjectives 25
X. Adverbs 28
XI. Phrases. Analysis of Sentences 31
XII. Prepositions 34
XIII. Term of Address. Exclamatory Noun 39
XIV. Imperative Sentences 41
XV. Interjections 43
XVI. Exclamatory Sentences 44
XVII. Conjunctions 46
XVIII. Clauses. Simple Sentences 48
XIX. Compound Sentences 50
XX. Dependent Clauses. Complex Sentences 52
XXI. Review: Classification of Sentences 55
XXII. Review: Parts of Speech 57
XXIII. Transitive Verbs. Object of Verb 60
XXIV. Intransitive Verbs asserting Action 64
XXV. Intransitive Verbs asserting Being. Nouns as Subjective Complements 66
XXVI. Adjectives as Subjective Complements 69
XXVII. Review of Verbs 72
XXVIII. Nouns: Number 74
XXIX. Nouns: Gender 77
XXX. Possessive Nouns 80
XXXI. Nouns: Case 83
XXXII. Nouns: The Appositive 85
XXXIII. Appositive Adjectives 88
XXXIV. Indirect Object 89
XXXV. Adverbial Noun Phrases 91
XXXVI. Adverbial Noun Phrases 92
XXXVII. Objective Complement 94
XXXVIII. Parsing of Nouns 96
XXXIX. Personal Pronouns 98
XL. Uses of Personal Pronouns 100
XLI. Uses of Possessive Personal Pronouns 103
XLII. Compound Personal Pronouns 106
XLIII. Interrogative Pronouns 108
XLIV. Descriptive Adjectives 110
XLV. Limiting Adjectives 113
XLVI. Comparison of Adjectives 116
XLVII. Review of Adjectives 120
XLVIII. Adjective Pronouns 121
XLIX. Verbs: Tense 123
L. The Indicative Mode 127
LI. The Interrogative Form of the Indicative Mode 129
LII. The Subjunctive Mode 131
LIII. The Imperative Mode 134
LIV. Principal Parts of Verbs. Regular and Irregular Verbs 135
LV. Voice 140
LVI. The Passive Voice 144
LVII. The Progressive Conjugation 148
LVIII. The Emphatic Conjugation 149
LIX. Parsing of Verbs 150
LX. The Auxiliary Verbs Shall and Will 151
LXI. Defective Verbs. Verb Phrases 154
LXII. Direct and Indirect Discourse 162
LXIII. Agreement of Verb and Subject. Collective Nouns 165
LXIV. Review of Verbs 168
LXV. Classification of Adverbs. Simple Adverbs 169
LXVI. Conjunctive Adverbs 171
LXVII. Summary of Adverbs 173
LXVIII. Coördinate Conjunctions 174
LXIX. Subordinate Conjunctions 176
LXX. Adverbial Clauses of Time, Place, and Manner 180
LXXI. Adverbial Clauses of Cause, Purpose, and Result 183
LXXII. Adverbial Clauses of Condition and Concession 186
LXXIII. Adverbial Clauses of Comparison 188
LXXIV. Analysis of Sentences 191
LXXV. Adjective Clauses 193
LXXVI. Relative Pronouns 196
LXXVII. Noun Clauses 200
LXXVIII. Introductory Words of Noun Clauses 203
LXXIX. Review of Clauses 206
LXXX. Review of Pronouns 207
LXXXI. Infinitives 209
LXXXII. Infinitives as Subjects or Complements 212
LXXXIII. Infinitives as Modifiers of Nouns 215
LXXXIV. Infinitives as Parts of “Double Objects.” As Modifiers of Verbs 216
LXXXV. Other Uses of Infinitives 220
LXXXVI. Summary of Infinitives 224
LXXXVII. Analysis of Sentences containing Infinitive Phrases 225
LXXXVIII. Participles 228
LXXXIX. Participles modifying Nouns 231
XC. Participial Phrases in the Predicate 234
XCI. Absolute Participial Phrases 237
XCII. Agreement of Participles. Other Words in -ing 239
XCIII. Summary of Participles 243
XCIV. Analysis of Sentences 244
XCV. Anticipative Subject 247
XCVI. Elliptical Sentences 249
XCVII. Review of Analysis 252
General Review 257
Index 265