Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 81 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
64. Adjective cautions
Goal: Your child avoids double comparisons, misplaced articles before titles, "the two first" and "these kind."
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 81 gives four cautions about adjectives, each with sentences to correct.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask: What is an ordinal adjective? A cardinal?
Caution I
Read:
Avoid double comparatives and superlatives.
Fix:
He is the most miserablest man in town.
He seems more cheerfuller to-day.
Caution II
Read:
Omit the article before a word used as a title, or as a mere name.
Fix:
They gave him the title of an emperor.
Caution III
Read:
Place ordinal adjectives before cardinals in most constructions.
Fix:
Read the three first chapters.
Caution IV
Read:
Plural adjectives should modify plural nouns; singular adjectives, singular nouns.
Fix:
I do not like these kind of apples.
Write corrections
Write the corrected form of two sentences from each caution.
Use it today
Listen for "these kind" or "most best" today.
Answers to the book's problems
He is the most miserable man in town. No man can be more neutral than I on the temperance question. He seems more cheerful to-day. That is preferable to being imprisoned. They gave him the title of emperor. Rascal formerly meant a servant. They elected him chairman. The first four houses on the right hand belong to me. Sing the first two and last two verses. Read the first three chapters. I do not like this kind of apples. This sort of people (or These sorts...) don't amount to much. This yoke of oxen cost seventy-five dollars.
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