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قراءة كتاب English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools
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English Grammar and Composition for Public Schools
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EXERCISE II.
1. Write four sentences each containing an adverb modifying a verb.
2. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adjective.
3. Write two sentences each containing an adverb modifying an adverb.
LESSON VIII.
Name the words in the following sentences that express the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word:—
| 1. | We withdrew from the room. | |
| 2. | The boys ran through the hall. | |
| 3. | This box is made of paper. | |
| 4. | I went to school with him. |
A word that is used to express the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence is called a preposition.
The noun or pronoun which the preposition connects in sense with some other word in the sentence, is called its object; as, The men are in the field.
EXERCISE I.
Select the prepositions, and state the words between which each shows a relation:—
| 1. | He threw the ball over the fence. | |
| 2. | An old man fell into a pond. | |
| 3. | A stranger came within our gates. | |
| 4. | From many lands comes the cry for help. | |
| 5. | The boat went under the water. | |
| 6. | This letter was written by my sister. | |
| 7. | At noon I went home. | |
| 8. | I chatter over stony ways, | |
| In little sharps and trebles. | ||
| I bubble into eddying bays, | ||
| I babble on the pebbles. |
EXERCISE II.
1. Write three sentences each containing a preposition expressing a relation between a noun and a verb. Underline the object.
2. Write three sentences each containing a preposition expressing a relation between two nouns. Underline the object of the preposition.
3. Write three sentences each containing a preposition expressing a relation between a noun and an adjective.