IN ENGLISH & FRENCH GRAMMAR. " BY THE REV. J. ROBERTSON, LL.D., 66 AUTHOR OF GOSPEL QUESTIONS," "DAILY READINGS IN NATURAL CHARLES BEAN, 81, NEW NORTH ROAD. EXPERIENCE has shown that the majority of failures at the Oxford and Cambridge Local, and at the Civil Service Examinations arises from an imperfect knowledge of the rules with regard to the formation of gender and number in substantives and adjectives, the irregular conjugations of verbs, in both the English and French languages, and the peculiar uses of the verbs "avoir " and "être" with the past participle in French. In the present work a recurrence of questions on these important points has been arranged, and the ideas so kept before the mind of the pupil as to produce a lasting effect. That this plan is beneficial has been shown by the success of several candidates who have had the advantage of using the proof sheets of this work during their preparation for the Civil Service Examination. An Answer Book may be had on application to the Publisher. J. R. UPTON HOUSE, ADELAIDE ROAD, N.W. MONDAY. 1. Give the feminines of colt, monk, hart, steer, earl, abbot, and votary. 2. Give the plurals of genus, species, family, valley, automaton, appendix, series, beau, Scotchman, German, and echo. 3. Give the genitive or possessive singular and plural of child, fox, brother, church, and wife. 4. Give the comparatives and superlatives of friendly, fur, old, and froward. 5. Write out in full the present tense of can, possess, and do. owe, 6. Give the perfects of go, do, fly, and guess. 7. Give the perfect participles of strive, intend, send, cut, wind, and sing, 8. Analyse: "Iron is a simple substance, but water is a compound." |