LONGMANS' SCHOOL GRAMMAR. Part I., Parts LONGMANS' JUNIOR SCHOOL GRAMMAR. Fcp. 8vo. 128 pp. Part I. Parts of Speech. LONGMANS' JUNIOR SCHOOL COMPOSITION. This Book contains:- Synthesis of Simple Sentences; Practice Easy Narratives: (a) Stories to be reproduced. (b) Skeletons of Stories to be reproduced. 75 cents. 30 cents. 30 cents. LONGMANS' SCHOOL COMPOSITION. Crown 8vo. 80 cents. SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY: Essays from the 'Spectator.' With Notes and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 45 cents. New York: LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. LONGMANS' SCHOOL COMPOSITION. JUNIOR. SYNTHESIS OF SIMPLE SENTENCES.1 SUBJECT AND PREDICATE. 1. The sentence 'Mary writes' consists of two parts :— (The name of the person of whom we are speaking,--Mary and (< What we say about Mary, -writes. 2. Similarly the sentence Fire burns' consists of two parts: (1) The name of the thing of which we are speaking,-fire. (2) What we say about fire,-burns. 3. Every sentence has two such parts. 4. The name of the person or thing spoken about is called the Subject. 5. What is said about the Subject is called the Predicate. Exercise 1. Pick out the Subjects and the Predicates. Rain is William sings. Birds fly. Sheep bleat. Henry is reading. falling. Rain has fallen. Stars are shining. Stars were shining. Cattle See 'Notes for Teachers,' Note 1. B |