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... Tell the Gender of all the nouns in the following Exercise : - The man rode to market on a horse . The boy and his sister went to school in the village . The old friar wore a cowl on his head . The ox fell into the pit . The farmer sold ...
... Tell the Gender of all the nouns in the following Exercise : - The man rode to market on a horse . The boy and his sister went to school in the village . The old friar wore a cowl on his head . The ox fell into the pit . The farmer sold ...
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... tell whether they are masculine or feminine : - Wherever Britain's power is felt , mankind should also feel her mercy . The fruitful field laughs with abundance . The noise of the wind in a mighty forest is not unlike the dash of ocean ...
... tell whether they are masculine or feminine : - Wherever Britain's power is felt , mankind should also feel her mercy . The fruitful field laughs with abundance . The noise of the wind in a mighty forest is not unlike the dash of ocean ...
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... Tell the Case of the nouns in the following Exercise : — Mary returned . James bought a tart . dog's foot was hurt . The way was long , the night was cold . Peter gave his brother a shove . The The children's clothes caught fire . He ...
... Tell the Case of the nouns in the following Exercise : — Mary returned . James bought a tart . dog's foot was hurt . The way was long , the night was cold . Peter gave his brother a shove . The The children's clothes caught fire . He ...
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... tell in what degree of comparison each is : - The high wind blew down the lofty trees . Cæsar was a greater general than Pompey . The elephant is wiser than the lion . The lion is the strongest of all animals . Nothing could be more ...
... tell in what degree of comparison each is : - The high wind blew down the lofty trees . Cæsar was a greater general than Pompey . The elephant is wiser than the lion . The lion is the strongest of all animals . Nothing could be more ...
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... tell the degree of comparison of each adjective : - He gave a greater price for the book than it was worth , His utmost efforts could not save the elder brother . The topmost branch fell with a terrible crash . Many men suffer more ...
... tell the degree of comparison of each adjective : - He gave a greater price for the book than it was worth , His utmost efforts could not save the elder brother . The topmost branch fell with a terrible crash . Many men suffer more ...
Términos y frases comunes
accent adjective adverbial clause adverbs apply the Rules auxiliary Cæsar called classes cloth Complete Participle complex sentences compound sentences conjunctions consonant dare denote the person derived EXAMPLE express father Fcap Feminine following Exercise following sentences form the past formed by adding Future Complete Gender gerund GRAMMAR hath heaven hither horse Iambic IMPERATIVE MOOD Incomplete INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD inflection interrogative pronoun John king Latin letters Mary masculine means metre mountain nominative noun noun denotes o'er object Parse the words passive voice Past Complete Past Participle Past Tense phrases Plural possessive predicate prefixing preposition Present Complete Present Tense principal clause relative pronoun rhyme risen river Second Person shining simple sentences sing Singular sound speech SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD Superlative syllable taken tell thee thing Third Person thou three complex sentences Transitive Verbs tree vowel weep wind Write three complex
Pasajes populares
Página 175 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Página 195 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Página 127 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can pomt their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Página 63 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon; As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along.
Página 132 - Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy. The last of all the bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry. For, well-a-day! their date was fled, His tuneful brethren all were dead ; •And he, neglected...
Página 93 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Página 127 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Página 195 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers...
Página 186 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
Página 128 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.