you can find that topic on pages 235, 236, 237, 238, 258, 259.
By using the index, find out on what page in this book the following topics are discussed:
dictionary
talking about poems
heroic deeds
the comma in a series
plurals of nouns
the invitation letter
see, saw, have seen
simple subject
A and an, using, 76, 77
Abbreviations, using: titles, 52;
measures, etc., 82, 83; titles,
etc., 171-173, 269-271; in cor-
respondence, 302, 303
Adjectives, 235; work of, 236;
place of, 237; definition, 238,
using, 238, 239; phrase used as,
258, 259; review, 290, 291
Adverbs: work of, 248-250; modi-
fying adverbs and adjectives,
251, 252; definition, 252; prac-
tice, 252; phrase used as, 258,
259; review, 290, 291; there,
310, 311
Advice to Boys, 164, 165
Aeroplane Flight, An, 264, 265
Allingham, William: Robin Red-
bread, 6, 7; Wishing, 86
Almost, most, 312, 313
American, talking about a good,
165, 166
Analysis of sentences, 283-285,
298, 299
Animal stories, 22, 23
Apostrophe: singular possessive of
nouns, 81, 82; contractions,
72, 98, 301
Are and is, 120, 121
Around-the-class story, from a
picture, 32; a loaf of bread,
113
Articles, 237, 238
Autumn, writing about, 9, 10
Auxiliaries: have, has, had, 5, 23,
31, 48, 87, 103, 114, 125, 191,
227; may, can, 45, 228; be,
might, etc., shall, will, do, 228,
Badge of Good Speech, The, 318,
319
Baseball terms, 218, 219
Beauty, Beast, and the Boy, 42, 43
Between and among, using, 13, 14,
168
Birds' Nests, 278, 279
Capital letters: titles of books, 12;
review, 17-20, 269-271; titles
of people, 52; political parties,
53; religious denominations,
136
Chittenden, L. E.: A Little
Knight, 94, 95
Choose (word forms), 114, 115
Christmas Everywhere, 69
Christmas: mailing packages, 68;
shopping, 68
Coleridge, Sara: Trees, 129
Collins, James H.: The Three
Fairies, 27, 28
Columbus, 156, 157
Come (word forms), 31, 32
Commas: with quotation marks,
20, 53-55; in direct address,
99-101, 150, 151, 241, 242;
words in series, 127-219; salu-
tation, complimentary close,
60, 61
Conjunctions, 274-276; defini-
tion, 276; using, 276-279; re-
view, 290, 291
Conversations: using word forms,
5, 6, 23, 24, 31, 32, 48, 49; in
story, 81
Copying, 21, 69, 70, 93, 94, 164,
165, 183, 245, 255, 280
Corn Roast, A, 229, 230
Corrective English, see Speaking
Correctly
Courtesy, lessons in, 94, 95, 96,
97, 309, 315
David and Goliath, 220-222
Daybreak, 53, 54
Description, 8, 9, 10, 130, 170,
205
Dickens, Charles, quotation, 69
Dictation, 21
Dictionary: preparing to use, 34-
36; order of words, 36, 37;
meanings of words, 55, 56;
pronunciation and accent
marks, 56, 57; finding words,
57; long sounds, 79; short
sounds, 79, 80; Italian a, 80
Discount, 151, 152
Do (word forms), 23, 24
Dogs, 14, 15, 83, 84, 262
Don't and doesn't, 72
Dramatization, 40, 41, 90-93,
138-141, 156-158,
Drink (word forms), 103
Drive (word forms), 11, 12
Drown (word forms), 103
Eat (word forms), 11, 12, 114, 115
Emperor's Bird's-Nest, The, 115-
117
Escape, The, 226
Experiences, telling, 30, 31, 154,
218, 219, 286
Exposition: making a garden, 3,
4, 287-289; telling how to do
things, 44, 45, 68, 166, 167,
217, 218, 231, 271; telling how
to make things, 66, 67, 101,
102; mailing packages, 67, 68;
birds' nests, 118; trees, 130;
hiving bees, 273; sports, 286
Eyes in the Peacock's Tail, The,
281, 282
Fairy Shipwreck, 133
First Thanksgiving Day, The,
37-40
Fishing terms, 135
Flag, Meaning of the, 110, 111
Flag, talking about the, 111
Fox and Geese, 166, 167
Freeze (word forms), 87
Games: word, get, America, 16;
alphabet game, 35; word
match, 64; wishing, 78; Fox
and Geese, 166, 167; verb
game, 193, 194; sound of f,
246; make-believe scenes
315
Gardening, 3-5, 287, 289
Gentle Knight, A, 200
Go (word forms), 48, 49
Good speech habits, see Speaking
Correctly
Grammar in a Nutshell, 289, 290
Grammar play, a, 197-200
Guest, Edgar A.: It Couldn't Be
Done, 224, 225
Guiterman, Arthur: Little Lost
Pup, 14, 15
Hallett's Bear, 268
He, using, 29, 30
Health, talking about, 164
Hear (word forms), 103
Her, using, 30
Heroes of Fire, 253, 254
Heroic deeds, 51, 52; in stories,
90-92; of dogs, 262; of fire-
men, 253, 254
Him, using, 29, 30
Hiving Bees, 271-272
How Buffalo Bill Got His Name,
73, 74
How I Made My Playhouse, 66,
67
How Roosevelt Became Strong,
163, 164
How to do things, telling, 3, 44,
45, 68, 166, 167, 217, 218, 231,
271, 286
How to make things, telling, 66,
67, 101, 102
How to play games, telling, 166,
Hurt (word forms), 109, 125
Index, using an, 321, 322
In March, 86
Let and leave, using, 319, 320
Letters: thank-you letter, 57-62;
parts of a letter, 60, 61; the
envelope, 62-63; invitation,
70, 71; story-letter, 104-106;
writing story letters, 170-171;
review of parts, 170-171; busi-
ness, 185-187
Lie and lay, 87, 88, 192, 193,
197-200
Lincoln, Abraham, 17–20, 21
Little Knight, A, 94, 95
Little Lost Pup, 14, 15
Longfellow, Henry W.: Day-
break, 53-54; extract, 81; The
Emperor's Bird's-Nest, 115-117
Magic Sword, The, 90-92
Mailing packages, 67, 68
Match, a word, 64
May and can, using, 45, 168
Me, using, 29
Meaning of the Flag, The, 110,
111
Memorizing, 21, 70, 93, 94, 164,
165, 203, 204, 224, 225, 234,
289, 290
Mike and the Big Parade, 147–
149
Miller, Joaquin: Columbus, 156,
Morning Concert, A, 16
Narration: telling experiences, 8,
30, 31, 154, 218, 219, 286; see
also Story, telling and writing
Nouns, 173; definition, 174; sing-
ular and plural, 175-181; pos-
sessive plural, 182; common
Paine, Thomas, quotation, 234
Paragraph: definition, 17; form,
134, 149; studying, 28, 128,
147, 148, 230, 231, 240;
thought, 16, 17, 28, 121, 134,
149, 155, 230, 231, 240; writ-
ing, 17, 28, 68, 102, 120, 130,
134, 149, 150, 164, 170, 183,
205, 223, 261, 262, 271, 273;
stock-taking, 149
Parts of speech: nouns, 173-182,
202, 203, 219; verbs, 5, 6, 11,
12, 23, 24, 31, 32, 48, 49, 87,
88, 103, 104, 109, 110, 114,
115, 120, 121, 125, 188-197,
226-230; pronouns, 29, 30,
130, 131, 213-217; adjectives,
235-240, 258, 259; articles,
237, 238; adverbs, 250-253,
258, 259; prepositions, 13, 14,
266-268; conjunctions, 274-
279; interjections, 280, 281;
review, 290, 291
Patriotism, in speech, 16, 20, 98,
112, 113; the flag, 110, 111;
good Americans, 165, 166
Phrases, adjective and adverb,
258-261, definition, 259
Picture studies, 3-5, 32, 33, 75,
76, 83, 84, 101, 122, 126, 124,
153, 154, 168, 169, 182, 183,
217, 218, 232, 233, 262, 285,
286, 287-289; ways of travel-
ing, 122
Plays, talking about, 209, 210
Plurals: nouns ending in y, 176,
177; ch, sh, x, ss, 177, 178;
internal change, 179; f or fe,
179, 180; 0, 180, 181; posses-
sive, 182; troublesome, 300
Poe, Edgar Allan, extract, 228
Poems: Robin Redbreast, 6;
Little Lost Pup, 14; The First
Thanksgiving, 37; Wonderful
World, 64; Christmas Every-
where, 69; Wishing, 86; İn
March, 86; The Blind Men
and the Elephant, 107; The
Emperor's Bird's-Nest, 115;
On a Frosty Morning, 124;
Fairy Shipwreck, 133; Discon-
tent, 151; Columbus, 156;
Thistle Down, 161; Snow-
flakes, 184; It Couldn't Be
Done, 224; Who Doth Ambi-
tion Shun, 211; Abolition of
Slavery, 245; White Butter-
flies, 247; A Spring Song, 256;
An Aeroplane Flight, 264;
Birds' Nests, 278; Grammar
in a Nutshell, 289
Poems: talking about, 6, 7, 14,
15, 37-40, 107-109, 115-117,
224, 225, 256, 257; for reading,
64, 86, 124, 133, 152, 161, 184,
185, 211, 247, 248, 264; acting,
156-158
Political parties, names of, 53
Possession, words that show, 130–
Possessive form, singular of nouns,
81, 82, plural of nouns, 182
Posters, talking about, 204, 205
Predicate, of sentence, 206-208;
simple, 208, 209; compound,
297-300
Prepositions, 266, 268; definition,
267; review 290, 291; trouble-
some, between, among, 13, 14,
168; in, into, like, 292–295
Preston, M. J.: The First Thanks-
giving Day, 37-40
Pronouns: nominative, or objec-
tive, 29, 30, 216, 217; posses-
sive, 130-132; use of, 213;
definitions, 214; nominative
after be, 214–217;
use after
than, 215; review, 290, 291;
their, 305, 306
Punctuation: comma, 17-20, 53-
55, 60, 61, 99–101, 127-129,
241; quotation marks, 17-20,
53, 54; broken quotation, 291,
292; colon, 186, 187; period,
question mark, exclamation
point in reviews, 74, 75, 135,
136, 150, 151, 269–271
Quentin Roosevelt, 49–51
Quotation marks, 53-55, 74, 269
Quotation, the broken, 291, 292
Raise (word forms), 5
Rands, William Brightly: The
Wonderful World, 64, 65
Reading, poems for, 64, 86, 124,
133, 152, 161, 184, 185, 211,
247, 248, 264
Reasons, giving, 67, 233, 234,
261, 262
Ride (word forms), 11, 12
Right word, using the, 8, 9, 29,
30, 120, 121
Riis, Jacob: Heroes of Fire, 253,
254
Rise (word forms), 87
Rise and raise, 195, 196
Roland and Oliver, 242, 245
Roosevelt, Theodore, 163, 164;
Advice to Boys, 164, 165
Run (word forms), 87
Saxe, John: The Blind Men and
the Elephant, 107-109
See (word forms), 5, 6
Sentences: definition, 17; writ-
ing, 20, 24, 25, 27, 77, 78, 82,
107, 110, 115, 121, 125, 126,
153, 155, 168, 182, 191, 215,
216, 217, 227, 230, 253, 260,
279, 295, 299, 317; declarative,
interrogative, exclamatory, im-
perative, 46; sentence thought,
120; in the paragraph, 16, 17,
28, 29, 134, 149, 155, 183, 262,
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