Language Series

GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION

By

EFFIE B. McFADDEN

For twelve years Supervisor of the Teaching of Language and Grammar in
the San Francisco State Normal School. Author of "Method of
Teaching Language," "The Teaching of Composition.

Language and Spelling." Joint author of "A

Simplified Course of Study in Grammar"

THE CONTENTS

THE MINIMUM COURSE

A STORY TO TELL. An Ax to Grind

AN EXERCISE IN DICTATION. A Sailing Trip

THE PREDICATE AND SUBJECT

ANALYSIS AND THE DIAGRAM

AN EXERCISE IN DICTATION. A Letter

A LETTER TO WRITE.

THE PREDICATE VERB AND SUBJECT SUBSTANTIVE

A STORY TO REPRODUCE. The Legend of the Anemone

A LANGUAGE REVIEW

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STORIES TO TELL. Two Short Stories

AN EXERCISE IN DICTATION. A Chinese School

A STORY TO WRITE. The Wreck of the Hesperus.

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ADJECTIVES DISTINGUISHED FROM ADVERBS

A GRAMMAR REVIEW

VERBS THAT DO NOT SHOW ACTION.

THE PREPOSITION

AN ACCOUNT TO TELL. Cortés and the Aztecs.

THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.

AN EXERCISE IN DICTATION. General Lee

A REVIEW OF THE PREPOSITIONS

A GRAMMAR REVIEW OF PARTS OF SPEECH

AN ACCOUNT TO WRITE. Cortés and the Aztecs

A LANGUAGE LESSON. Pronouns Used as Objects

PREPOSITIONS. By, With, Of

PREPOSITIONS. Above, Across, etc.

THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE AS A MODIFIER

AN ACCOUNT TO GIVE ORALLY. Cortés and the Aztecs.

Part II

A LANGUAGE LESSON. Correct Use of Prepositions

SENTENCES CLASSIFIED

NUMBER IN NOUNS

NUMBER IN NOUNS, RULES FOR

AN ACCOUNT TO WRITE. Cortés and the Aztecs

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A LANGUAGE LESSON.

Agreement of Predicate and Subject

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A GRAMMAR DRILL, AND REVIEW

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A STORY TO TELL. The Priest and the Mulberry Tree.

AUXILIARIES. Have, Had, Has

A DRILL, AND REVIEW

A GRAMMAR REVIEW.

A LETTER TO WRITE .

A LANGUAGE LESSON.

Use of Past Form and Past Participle 107

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AN ACCOUNT TO GIVE ORALLY. The People of the World 123

A LANGUAGE REVIEW.

THE PAST FORM OF THE VERB "BE"

THE PREDICATE NOUN AND PRONOUN

THE PREDICATE ADJECTIVE

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A LETTER TO ANSWER

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A LANGUAGE LESSON. The Verb "Be," and Review

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A REVIEW. Adjectives and Adverbs

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AN ACCOUNT TO WRITE. The People of the World

A LANGUAGE REVIEW.

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A REVIEW OF VERBS AND NOUNS

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A REVIEW OF PRONOUNS

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A STORY TO TELL. Legend of the Lost Arrow

A GRAMMAR REVIEW.

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A STORY TO WRITE. Rescuing a Little Monkey.

AN INCIDENT TO WRITE. The Chimney Sweep.

A LANGUAGE LESSON. Use of 'Shall" and Will'