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Plural Possessives

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In the second sentence, how many dogs are there? What is the difference between the plural and the possessive? How is the plural possessive indicated?

Explain the difference in the meaning of these two expressions:

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Plural nouns ending in -s are made possessive by adding the apostrophe.

In the singular the apostrophe is before the 8. the apostrophe is after the 8.

In plurals

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Change these expressions so that the possessive shall be plural. Explain the change in meaning in each case.

my dog's kennel

her brother's house

that horse's stable

this boy's dog

the lady's carriage

the thief's punishment

The few plurals of nouns that do not end in -s form the possessive by adding 's. For example :

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97. ORAL LESSON

REVIEW

1. What is a sentence? 2. What is a declarative sentence? 3. What other kinds of sentences are there? 4. Give an example of each kind. 5. Give the rules for capitals. 6. When is a period used? a question mark? 7. What is an abbreviation? 8. How is it written? 9. Give the rule for forming plural nouns. 10. Give three examples of plurals in -oes. 11. Give three examples of plurals in -ies. 12. Give three examples of plurals in -ves. 13. What is a paragraph? 14. What is indention? 15. How is the possessive of singular nouns formed?

How is the possessive of plural nouns formed? 17. What are homonyms? Give two or three examples. 18. What are synonyms? Give two or three examples. 19. Name five pronouns. 20. Make some sentences, using these pronouns with is, are; was, were; has, have. 21. How are quotations written? 22. How are divided quotations written? 23. How is conversation between two persons divided into paragraphs? 24. What is a contraction? how is it written? Give several examples. 25. What is the difference between a contraction and an abbreviation?

98. WRITTEN LESSON

REVIEW

Write the following exercises from dictation:

1. Mr. James K. Williams went to New York on June 22, 1913. 2. To-day is (date in full).

3. "Come, May," said George, "I'll show you the turtle." "Will he bite ?" asked May.

"No, May, he is not a snapping turtle," said George.

4.

Review Lessons

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The children walked down the hill and soon came to the
brook. The turtle was sunning himself on the bridge.
"He doesn't look as if he wanted to fly," said May.

"No, turtles don't fly except in fables," said George.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither I nor you;

But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?

Neither you nor I;

But when the trees bow down their heads,

The wind is passing by.

-CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI.

99. LANGUAGE LESSON

REVIEW

1. Give the plurals of the following nouns :

child, hero, lily, solo, cargo, beef, thief, ox, sheep, negro, rose, baby, piano, leaf, house, review, tomato, city, chief, shelf.

2. Give the possessives, singular and plural, of:

horse, negro, thief, sheep, mouse, baby, lady, captain, buffalo.

3. Give the plural of the following pronouns :

I, he, she, it, this, that, you.

4. Fill the blanks with the proper words, using am, is, are, was, were, or been:

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100. REVIEW LESSON

CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION

Capitals are used:

(Lesson 9.)

At the beginning of a sentence. (Lesson 6.)
At the beginning of every line of poetry.
At the beginning of every direct quotation. (Lesson 78.)
In names of persons, places, cities, towns, months.
12, 21, 24, 45, 48.)

In the principal words in titles. (Lessons 14, 17.)
For I and O. (Lesson 9.)

For all words referring to God. (Lesson 12.)

The period is used:

(Lessons

At the end of a declarative or imperative sentence (Lesson 6); after abbreviations (Lessons 21 and 24).

The question mark is used after every question. (Lesson 6.) The exclamation mark is used to show strong feeling. (Lesson 12.)

The hyphen is used to separate syllables when a word is divided at the end of a line (Lesson 17); and between the parts of many compound words (Lesson 48).

The comma is used to mark off:

No or yes in replies. (Lesson 72.)

The name of the person spoken to. (Lesson 45.)

A direct quotation, or each of its parts if it is divided. (Lessons 78, 80, 81.)

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Find examples of each use in this book. Can you find any

other cases in which the comma is used?

PART TWO

101. ORAL LESSON

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

You already know a good many things about sentences. What is a sentence? What kinds of sentences are there? How is each kind punctuated? Every sentence has two parts, subject and predicate. The subject is what we are talking about. In the sentence. - Birds fly,- Birds is the subject. The predicate is what we say about the subject. In the sentence. - Birds fly,-fly is the predicate. Think of several very short simple sentences. What are their sub

jects? What are their predicates?

Are the groups of words below sentences? Supply subjects to show what we are talking about.

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Are the following groups of words sentences? Say something about each. Have you made a sentence?

its subject? What is its predicate?

a snow storm

COWS

the mail carrier

clouds

the flowers

What is

some boys whom I know

sentences

the predicate

the clock in the tower

Theodore Roosevelt

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