Practical Exercises in English - Huber Gray Buehler

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23. The tenth and (the) last chapter.

       EXERCISE VI.

      Insert the proper article ("a," "an," or "the") in each blank place in the following, if an article is needed; if no article is needed, leave the place blank:—

      1. I began to suffer from—— want of food.

       2. There are two articles, the definite and—— indefinite.

       3. He did not say what kind of—— horse he wanted to buy.

       4. Did Macaulay die of—— heart disease?

       5. Nouns have two numbers—— singular and—— plural.

       6. ——third and—— fourth page are to be learned.

       7. ——third and—— fourth pages are to be learned.

       8. Many names of—— states are derived from—— Indian tongues.

       9. This is a curious species of—— rose.

       10. Study carefully—— first and—— second chapters.

       11. A black and—— white boy were walking together.

       12. ——violet is my favorite flower;—— robin, my favorite bird.

       13. There is an impenetrable veil between—— visible and—— invisible world.

       14. ——lion is—— king of beasts.

       15. Thackeray was a greater writer than—— artist. Thackeray was greater as—— writer than as—— artist.

       16. The bank closed its doors from—— lack of ready money.

       17. I despise not—— giver, but—— gift.

       18. ——whole is greater than any of its parts.

       19. He is entitled to the name of—— scholar.

       20. I do not use that sort of—— pen.

       21. In—— warm weather you do not need so many wraps as in—— cold weather.

       22. The Queen conferred on Tennyson the title of—— baron.

       23. It does not matter what kind of—— man is appointed.

       24. It is found in both—— old and—— new editions.

       25. The fourth and—— fifth verse. 26. The fourth and—— fifth verses. 27. Abraham Lincoln was—— great and—— good man. 28. ——families of—— strikers are sadly in—— need of food. 29. Here are two bottles—— one empty—— other full of—— red liquid. 30. Ariel had—— power to control—— sea. 31. Evangeline travelled far in—— search of Gabriel. 33. Illustrate by an original sentence—— preterite and—— past participle of the following verbs. 33. To—— student of Latin or Greek a knowledge of—— difference in meaning in English between—— indicative and—— subjunctive is especially important. 34. In the verb "to be"—— present and—— past subjunctives have different forms. 35. ——life in Madras in—— time of Clive was different from what it is now. 36. I like so many sports that it is hard to tell which I like—— best. I like swimming, foot-ball, and riding more than—— others, but I do not know which of these three I like—— best.

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      How to Form the Possessive Case.[10]—As a rule, the possessive of nouns in the SINGULAR number is formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" ('s): as, "The boy's coat." Often the pronunciation of the added "s" makes a new syllable; and if this additional syllable makes an unpleasant sound, the possessive is indicated by the apostrophe alone ('): as, "For goodness' sake." The putting in or the leaving out of the "s" in such cases is chiefly a matter of taste. If the "s" is sounded, it is always written; and whenever there is doubt, it is well to follow the regular rule: as, "Horace's odes," "Charles's ball," "Dickens's David Copperfield."

      In the PLURAL number, when the nominative plural ends in "s," the possessive case is formed by adding an apostrophe alone ('). If the nominative plural does not end in "s," an apostrophe and an "s" ('s) are both added, as in the singular: as, "Men's and boys' shoes."

      The possessive case of COMPOUND nouns and expressions used as compound nouns is formed by adding the proper sign of the possessive to the end of the compound: as, "That is my sister-in-law's pony," "This is the Prince of Wales's palace."

      1. Write the possessive case, singular and plural, of: Actor, king, fairy, calf, child, goose, lady, monkey, mouse, ox, woman, deer, eagle, princess, elephant, man, witness, prince, fox, farmer, countess, mouth, horse, day, year, lion, wolf, thief, Englishman. 2. Write the possessive case of: James, Dickens, his sister Mary, Miss Austen, the Prince of Wales, Frederick the Great, Harper and Brothers, father-in-law, Charles, Jones, William the Conqueror, Henry the Eighth, man-of-war, Douglas, Eggleston and Company.

       EXERCISE VIII.

       Express relation between the words in the following pairs by putting one of them in the possessive case or by using the preposition "of," as may seem best:—

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