205, 224

Conversation, oral, 105, 174, 243, 294
written, 97, 99, 105, 106, 174, 294
Copying exercises, 3, 14, 15, 18, 22, 29,
62, 65, 77, 83, 89, 101
Corn Song, The (Whittier), 19, 20
Correct Usage:

adjectives, 53, 54, 116, 117, 245
adverbs, 53, 54, 116, 117, 210, 245
apostrophe, 55
conjunctions, 200

contractions, 41, 76, 86, 119, 139, 160,

Correct Usage, there are, 1, 2
there, their, 255, 256
think, suppose, 141

verbs, 1, 6, 8, 11, 23, 62, 69, 80, 102,
106, 122, 132, 141, 146, 153, 168,
170, 175, 178, 182, 185, 188, 190,
236, 238, 241, 262

very, 210

was, were, 80, 132, 139

well, good, 53, 54, 116, 117, 245
will, shall, 69, 153, 236

would have, 190, 220
write, 182

you, 132, 139, 239
Correspondence. See Letters

Could have, correct usage, 190, 220
Criticism, class, 48, 49, 72, 90, 105, 121,
184, 186, 187, 211, 219

Daedalus and Icarus, 43-45
Dates, how written, 206, 218
Days, capitals for names of, 203
Debate, 78. See Arguments
Declarative sentence, 249, 250
Determination, how expressed, 69, 236
Dialogues, 105, 106, 174, 243, 294
Dictating letters, 104, 219

Dictation exercises, 4, 9, 16, 22, 24, 27,

29, 40, 47, 49, 53, 58, 63, 66, 71, 78,
80, 82, 89, 91, 97, 102, 107, 116,
121, 128, 143, 150, 153, 170, 173,
176, 184, 191, 196, 248, 251, 262, 285
Dictionary study, 50, 52, 72-74, 79, 85,
103, 106, 117, 120, 122, 130, 133, 140,
158, 165, 191, 201, 211, 267
Did, done, correct usage, 146, 188
Different from, correct usage, 166
Do, in negative sentence, 241

Doesn't, don't, correct usage, 76, 139, 224
Dog and His Shadow, The, 96
Drink, correct usage, 178

Eat, correct usage, 178

Enunciation, correct, 2, 3, 22, 23, 58, 62,

75, 92, 139, 154, 179, 247, 285

Envelope, models, 18, 42, 207, 280

Everyday Civics (Finch), quoted; 258, 259
Exclamation point, 83, 97, 173, 204, 250
Exclamatory sentence, 250

Experiences, personal, 276-279

Explanations, 131, 132, 256

Fables, 92-99

defined, 97

original, 98, 99

Farewell, A (Kingsley), 91

Farewell to the Farm (Stevenson), 4, 5

Farrand, Livingston, quoted, 270

Finch, Charles E., quoted, 258, 259

Flag Day program, 37

Flag Goes By, The (Bennett), 192, 193
Flag of Our Country, The (Sumner), 123
Flag on the Hillside, The, 30-36

Fortune telling, game, II

Fox and the Grapes, The, 95
Franklin, Benjamin, quoted, 85
anecdote, 261, 262

Friendly letters, 17, 18, 77, 100-104, 217–
219, 268-271

exercises, 18, 42, 79, 114, 126, 145, 157,
170, 181, 184, 188, 195, 269, 279
models, 17, 77, 101, 157, 217

Frog and the Ox, The, 93

Future tense, 153, 235, 236, 240

Games:

Fortune telling, II
Have, haven't, 41
Have, shall, 69

I grew it, etc., 23

I have, I haven't any, 10
I saw, 6

Is, are; was, were, 80

Is John there? 86

It doesn't, it isn't, it hasn't, 76

It is I, etc., 15
May I? Can I? 8
Sentence game, 196
Syllable match, 140
Teach, learn, 48
There are, I
Well, good, 53, 54

What did the squirrel do? 62, 63
What did you see? 51
Who did it? 56

Whose is it? 55

God, capitals for names of, 28, 203

Good, well, correct usage, 53 54, 116, 117,

I grew it, etc., game, 23

I have, I haven't any, game, IO
I saw, game, 6

If I were, correct usage, 179

303

In Flanders Fields (MacCrae), 221
Inchcape Rock, The (Southey), 134-137
Indention, of body of letter, 17, 101,

102

of paragraph, 3, 64, 89, 119
of poetry, 14

Index, how to use, 142, 161
Initials, capitals for, 204
Interjections, defined, 281, 290
exercises, 281, 292

Interrogative sentence, 250, 257

Inverted sentences, 256, 257, 266, 267
Invitations, exercises, 37, 68, 114, 121
126, 188, 219, 224
Irregular verbs, 240

Is, are; was, were, game, 80
Is John there? game, 86

It doesn't, it isn't, it hasn't, game, 76
It is I, etc., game, 15

Key words in dictionary, 165
Kilmer, Joyce, quoted, 27, 28
Kind, sort, correct usage, 249
Kingsley, Charles, quoted, 91

Lamb, Charles, quoted, 278
Language games. See Games
Learn, teach, correct usage, 48, 262, 263
Legaré, James M., quoted, 263-265
Letters, business, 167, 207

exercises, 18, 37, 42, 68, 79, 104, 114,
121, 126, 145, 157, 167, 170, 181, 184,
188, 195, 219, 224, 269, 279
friendly, 17, 18, 77, 100-104, 217-219,
268-271

models, 17, 18, 42, 77, 101, 156, 167,

207, 217, 280

parts of, 17, 18, 101, 102, 207, 218
social notes, 218, 219
Library, use of, 142–146

Lie, lay, correct usage, 182

Like, as if, as though, correct usage, 200
Lincoln and the Woodchopper, 67
Lion and the Mouse, The, 92

Listening intelligently, 254-258
exercises, 255, 256

Longfellow, Henry W., quoted, 12, 13

MacCrae, John D., quoted, 221
Margin, in letters, 101, 102

in written compositions, 15, 49, 50, 55,
64, 89, 119

Maupassant, Guy de, quoted, 259
May, can, correct usage, 8, 185
May I? can I? game, 8

Memorizing exercises, 14, 24, 61, 62, 65,
85, 89, 91, 127, 150, 222, 285

Miller, Joaquin, quoted, 282-284
Modifiers, adjectives, 227, 229, 244, 245,
289

adverbs, 244, 245, 289

defined, 226, 227, 289

Months, names of, capitals for, 203

Motto for all Americans (General Wood),
65

My First Play (Lamb), 278

Names, capitals for, 203, 204

National ideals, 195, 196, 222, 223, 282-
287. See also Civic ideals

Negative sentences, 241

Negative words, correct usage, 10, 119,
120, 160, 161, 241

Nesbit, Wilbur D., quoted, 126, 127
No, comma with, 205

Nouns, correct usage, 234

defined, 164, 214, 288

exercises, 164, 175, 186, 216, 228, 229,

in written conversation, 99

indention of, 3, 15, 49, 55

original, 10, 29, 55, 76, 81, 89, 161, 162,
164, 197, 210, 211

topic sentence in, 159-164, 208-210,
258-261

Participles, 168, 240

Parts of speech:

adjectives, 227, 229, 244, 245, 256, 289

adverbs, 244, 245, 289

conjunctions, 280, 289

interjections, 281, 290

nouns, 164-166, 214–216, 238, 288, 289

participles, 168, 240

prepositions, 271, 289

pronouns, 214-216, 238, 288

verbs, 174-179, 235-245, 288, 289

Past participle, 168, 240

Past tense, 168, 235, 240

Patriotic programs, 37, 125, 126, 225
Period, after abbreviation, 77

after declarative sentence, 3, 204, 249,

250

A Garden Story, 83

Children Gathering Nuts, 24

Liberty Enlightening the World, 128

Stories about animals, 120, 121

The Fliers, 47, 48

The Song of the Lark, 252

The Spirit of '76, 147

Whittier's kitchen, 21

Places, names of, capitals for, 203, 204

Plays:

Robin Hood and the Merry Old Woman,
113-116

The Bell of Atri, 58-62

The Flag on the Hillside, 30-37
Plural number, 238

Poems for study:

A Farewell (Kingsley), 91

A Song for Flag Day (Nesbit), 126, 127
Ahab Mohammed (Legaré), 263-265
Columbus (Joaquin Miller), 282-284
Farewell to the Farm (Stevenson), 4, 5
In Flanders Fields (MacCrae), 221
Picture Books in Winter (Stevenson),
39, 40

The Circus-Day Parade (Riley), 171-173
The Concord Hymn (Emerson), 149, 150
The Corn Song (Whittier), 19-22

The Flag Goes By (Bennett), 192, 193
The Inchcape Rock (Southey), 134-137
The Village Blacksmith (Longfellow),

12-14

The Year's at the Spring (Browning), 83
Trees (Joyce Kilmer), 27, 28
Poetry, how written, 14, 203
Poetry Day, 81, 202

Poor Richard's Almanack (Franklin),
quoted, 85

Possession, apostrophe for, 24, 55, 68, 205
Posture, correct, 1, 3, 16, 23, 38, 64, 80,
119, 139, 179, 251, 252, 285
Predicate of a sentence, defined, 152
exercises, 152, 154, 160

Predicate verb, 155-158, 212, 238, 239,
256, 257

exercises, 157, 160, 163, 165, 175, 186,
189, 212, 226, 239, 288, 290-292

Prepositional phrase, 272

Prepositions, correct usage, 272
defined, 271, 289

exercises, 281, 292

list, 272

object of, 272

Present tense, 168, 235, 240

Principal parts of verbs, 168, 175, 178,

182, 240, 286

Programs:

Circus, 168

Flag Day, 37

Patriotic, 125, 126, 225

Poetry Day, 81, 202

Stories and Poems, 121

Thrift Day, 87

Projects, class:

arguments, 190, 237, 258, 294

blackboard paragraphs, 6, 15, 41, 71,

72, 90, 121

continued story, 234

debate, 78

dialogues, 105, 106, 174, 243, 294
dictating letters, 104, 219

games, 1, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15, 23, 41, 48, 51,
53, 55, 56, 62, 69, 76, 80, 86, 140, 196
pageant, 180-188

plays, 30-37, 58-62, 113-116
programs, 37, 81, 87, 121, 125, 168, 202,
225

reading in relays, 14, 28

telling stories by parts, 36, 47, 61, 70,
82, 148, 267

Pronouns, correct usage, 15, 115, 234,
242, 271, 272
defined, 215, 288

exercises, 216, 228, 229, 291
list, 216

modifiers, 227, 244, 245, 289
number, 238

Pronunciation, correct, 74, 79, 133, 141,
158, 176, 191, 201, 211, 220, 247
Prose selections for study:

A Motto for All Americans (Gen.
Wood), 65

A Queer Bird House, 231-234
Belling the Cat, 95

Daedalus and Icarus, 43-47

Lincoln and the Woodchopper, 67
My First Play (Lamb), 278

paragraphs, 159, 160, 176, 177, 208, 209,
258-262, 270

Robin Hood and the Merry Old Woman,
108-112

Student themes, 199, 274, 275, 277
The American's Creed (Page), 222, 223
The Bell of Atri, 58-60

The Dog and His Shadow, 96

The Flag of Our Country (Summer), 123,

Prose selections:

The Old Man and His Sons, 94
Washington and the Colt, 69, 70
Washington in Battle, 70, 71
Punctuation:

apostrophe, 24, 55, 68, 76, 83, 84, 205
capitals, 3, 14, 22, 28, 38, 42, 55, 64, 86,

89, 97, 98, 102, 150, 203, 204, 218
colon, 218

comma, 17, 49, 63, 66, 77, 78, 97, 99,

102, 106, 170, 174, 205-207, 218
exclamation point, 83, 97, 173, 204, 250
exercises, 206, 207, 250, 251

hyphen, 158

period, 3, 77, 204, 249, 250
question mark, 16, 77, 97, 204, 250
quotation marks, 97, 105, 106, 174, 205
review, 203-207

Queer Bird House, A, 231–234
Question mark, 16, 77, 97, 204, 250
Questions, how written, 16, 236, 250
Quotation marks, 97, 105, 106, 174, 205
Quotations, how written, 97, 99, 105, 106,
174, 203, 205

Reading, rate of, 261, 262

Reading aloud, exercises, 14, 22, 28, 125,
126, 150, 171, 173, 222, 262
Reading intelligently, 258-267
Reference books, use of, 142-146, 161
Regular verbs, 240

Request, letter of, 157

Revision of written work, 50, 54, 81, 89,

119, 132, 146, 164, 179, 188, 197,
211, 219, 228, 269, 279

Riley, James Whitcomb, quoted, 171-173
Ring, rang, rung, correct usage, 106

Rise, raise, correct usage, 175

Robin Hood and the Merry Old Woman,
108-112

Sentences, subject of, 151, 152, 155, 157,
288

topic, 159, 160, 208-210, 258, 286, 287
Series, comma in, 63, 66, 170, 206
Set, sit, correct usage, 102, 103
Shall, will, correct usage, 69, 153, 236
Should have, correct usage, 190
Signature of letter, 18, 102, 218

Sims, Rear Admiral William S., quoted, 88
Singular number, 238

Sit, set, correct usage, 102, 103

So, unnecessary use of, 2, 15, 98, 177
Social notes, 218, 219

Socialized recitations. See Projects, class
Song for Flag Day, A (Nesbit), 126, 127
Sort, kind, correct usage, 249

Southey, Robert, quoted, 134-137
Speaking distinctly. See Enunciation
Standing erect. See Posture

Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, 4, 5, 39
Sticking to topic, 52, 56, 75, 81, 82, 174.
See also Topic sentence

Story-telling, 43-51, 118-121, 230-234
by parts, 36, 47, 61, 70, 82, 148, 267
completing a story, 87
continued story, 230-234
original stories, 10, 29, 48, 64, 81, 86, 89,
98, 118, 164, 178, 199, 201, 211, 278,
293

outlines for, 46, 47, 60, 61, 116, 138,
139, 148, 230-234

Subject of a sentence, agreement of verb
with, 132, 139, 224, 238, 239
defined, 151, 288

exercises, 151, 152, 154, 160
order of, in questions, 256, 257
Subject substantive, defined, 155, 288
exercises, 157, 160, 163, 165, 166, 175,

186, 189, 212, 213, 226, 290–292
Subjects, for oral composition, 118, 154,

162, 164, 174, 177-179, 198, 199, 210,
237, 243, 248, 258, 270, 279, 293, 294
for written composition, 55, 81, 89, 118,
131, 138, 154, 164, 177, 198, 199, 200,
210, 228, 234, 287

Subordinate clauses, 213, 214
Substantives, defined, 215, 288

nouns, 164-166, 214-216, 238, 288, 289
number, 238

pronouns, 214-216, 238, 288

Sumner, Charles, quoted, 123, 124

Suppose, think, correct usage, 141

Syllables, 72, 140, 158, 191, 247