PART I

GRAMMAR

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I. The Transition from the Mechanical to the Intellectual Development of Language 3

II. WORD STUDY 12 Suffixes and Prefixes 13 Suffixes 13 Prefixes 17 Compound Words 18 Word-Families 20

III. ARTICLE AND NOUN 22 Singular and Plural 25 Masculine and Feminine 27 Singular and Plural in English 33

IV. LESSONS--COMMANDS 39 Nouns 40 Commands on Nouns 48

V. ADJECTIVES 51 Analyses 51 Descriptive Adjectives 51 Permutations 55 Inflection of Adjectives 56 Logical and Grammatical Agreement of Nouns and Adjectives 59 Descriptive Adjectives 61 Adjectives of Quantity 63 Ordinals 64 Demonstrative Adjectives 64 Possessive Adjectives 65 Comparison of Adjectives 65

VI. VERBS 66 Analyses 66 Permutations 68 Lessons and Commands on the Verb 69 Lessons with Experiments 74

VII. PREPOSITIONS 77 Analyses 77 Permutations 80 Lessons and Commands on Prepositions 81

VIII. ADVERBS 85 Analyses 85 Permutations 87 Lessons and Commands on Adverbs 90 A Burst of Activity: the Future of the Written Language in Popular Education 93 Commands Improvised by the Children 96

IX. PRONOUNS 98 Analyses 98 Personals 98 Demonstratives 99 Relatives and Interrogatives 99 Possessives 101 Permutations 101 Lessons and Commands on the Pronoun 102 Paradyms 106 Agreement of Pronoun and Verb 108 Conjugation of Verbs 110

X. CONJUNCTIONS 113 Analyses 113 Coordinates 113 Subordinates 114 Permutations 115 Lessons and Commands on the Conjunction 115 Comparison of Adjectives 117

XI. INTERJECTIONS 120 Analyses 120 Classification 122

XII. SENTENCE ANALYSIS 124 Simple Sentences 124 The Order of Elements in the Sentence: Permutations 132 Compound and Complex Sentences 136 Test Cards 140 The Order of Clauses in the Sentence: Sentence Forms in Prose and Verse 144 Permutations 147 Test Cards 151 Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions 155 Sequence of Tenses 157 Punctuation 160

XIII. WORD CLASSIFICATION 164 Kinds of Words 164 Classified According to Formation 164 Classified According to Inflection 165 Classified According to Their Use 165