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adjective adverb ADVERBIAL CLAUSES ADVERBIAL PHRASES Agnes and Kate attention word Aures a lump Aures is cross Aures often puts Aures was waiting children all slide clauses climbed upon Aures column cows cradle will rock crusty little donkey day Hardy donkey felt angry donkey he rides EXERCISE IN DISCRIMINATION fellow only switched Fill the blanks flowers following sentences girl group of words happy when Hardy Hardy coaxed Hardy gives Aures Hardy left Hardy lets Hardy lives Hardy rides Hardy think Hardy was riding head down quickly heartily and thought horse LESSON little donkey felt live near Hardy Memorize modified naughty prank noun ORAL EXERCISE phrase prank he received question received no sugar returned Aures Santa Claus seldom thrown sentence four sentence three similar in office Sometimes Aures special name statement stiffened his legs SUMMARY Tell tences thinks Hardy tree water he waded WORDS JOINED WRITTEN EXERCISE
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Page 85 - Tis enough for us now that the leaves are green. We sit in the warm shade and feel right well How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing.
Page 77 - Come in!" the Mayor cried, looking bigger: And in did come the strangest figure! His queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow and half of red, And he himself was tall and thin, With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And light loose hair, yet swarthy skin, No tuft on cheek nor beard on chin, But lips where smiles went out and in; There was no guessing his kith and kin: And nobody could enough admire The tall man and his quaint attire. Quoth one: "It's as my great-grandsire, Starting up...
Page 75 - He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot...
Page 85 - s never a leaf nor a blade too mean To be some happy creature's palace ; The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives...
Page 85 - The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings; He sings to the wide world and she to her nest,— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best?
Page 132 - A soft answer turneth away wrath : but grievous words stir up anger.
Page 85 - That skies are clear and grass is growing; The breeze comes whispering in our ear, That dandelions are blossoming near, That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing, That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by; And if the breeze kept the good news back, For other couriers we should not lack; We could guess it all by yon heifer's lowing,— And hark!
Page 69 - Said the first little chicken, With a queer little squirm, " I wish I could find A fat little worm." Said the next little chicken, With an odd little shrug, " I wish I could find A fat little bug.
Page 106 - Look, dear mother, the flowers all lie Languidly under the bright blue sky. See, how slowly the streamlet glides; Look, how the violet roguishly hides; Even the butterfly rests on the rose, And scarcely sips the sweets as he goes.
Page 85 - How the sap creeps up and the blossoms swell, We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing That skies are clear and grass is growing. The breeze comes whispering in our ear That dandelions are blossoming near. That maize has sprouted, that streams are flowing. That the river is bluer than the sky, That the robin is plastering his house hard by...