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Index
PLAIN ENGLISH
FOREWORD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLAIN ENGLISH
SPELLING
PLAIN ENGLISH
Lesson I
Open Letter
GOOD ENGLISH—WHAT IS IT?
USE YOUR DICTIONARY
OUR LANGUAGE
WHEN WE BEGIN TO THINK
Exercise 1
OUR EXPRESSION
THE THOUGHT AND THE WORD
A COMPLETE THOUGHT
Exercise 2
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
SPELLING
LESSON 1
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 2
KINDS OF SENTENCES
Exercise 1
WORDS—THEIR USES
THE NAMES OF THINGS
Exercise 2
WORDS THAT ASSERT
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 2
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 3
WORDS ADDED TO NOUNS
Exercise 1
WORDS ADDED TO VERBS
Exercise 2
WORDS USED IN PLACE OF NOUNS
Exercise 3
PREPOSITIONS
Exercise 4
CONJUNCTIONS
Exercise 5
INTERJECTIONS
Exercise 6
SPELLING
LESSON 3
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 4
CLASSES OF NOUNS
COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Exercise 1
ABSTRACT NOUNS
Exercise 2
NUMBER FORM
GENDER
POSSESSIVE FORM
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 4
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 5
THE WORD THAT ASSERTS
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
INCOMPLETE VERBS
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
SPELLING
LESSON 5
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 6
INFLECTION—CHANGES IN FORM
PAST TIME
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
DOING DOUBLE WORK
LET US SUM UP
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
List of Irregular Verbs
SPELLING
LESSON 6
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 7
FUTURE TIME
Exercise 1
PERFECT TIME
PAST PERFECT
Exercise 2
FUTURE PERFECT TIME
LET US SUM UP
VERBS—SUMMARY
Two Classes
Inflection—Changes of Form
TIME FORMS
Present
Past
Future
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
TENSE
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 7
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 8
PROGRESSIVE VERB PHRASES
Exercise 1
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE
Exercise 2
SUMMARY
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
SPELLING
LESSON 8
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 9
PARTICIPLES
PARTICIPLE PHRASES
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
INFINITIVES
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
DON'TS FOR INFINITIVES
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
SPELLING
LESSON 9
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 10
HELPING VERBS
Exercise 1
SHOULD AND WOULD
Exercise 2
MAY AND MIGHT
Exercise 3
CAN AND COULD
Exercise 4
MUST AND OUGHT
Exercise 5
DO AND DID
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
SPELLING
LESSON 10
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 11
THE VERB "BE"
A FREQUENT MISTAKE
Exercise 1
WITH HELPING VERBS
Exercise 2
PAST TIME FORMS
Exercise 3
VERBS OF SIMILAR FORM
Exercise 4
COMMON ERRORS
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Faith and Truth
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
SPELLING
LESSON 11
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 12
IN PLACE OF A NOUN
KINDS OF PRONOUNS
COMPOUND PERSONAL PRONOUNS
Reflexive
Emphatic
Exercise 1
SINGULAR AND PLURAL
Exercise 2
POSSESSIVE FORM
POSSESSIVE FORM
OBJECT FORM
GENDER
THE LITTLE VERB BE
Agreement
PERSONIFICATION
REMEMBER
SUMMARY
Exercise 3
"I THOUGHT I STOOD"
SPELLING
LESSON 12
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 13
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
COMMON ERRORS
SUMMARY
Pronoun—In Place of a Noun
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
SPELLING
LESSON 13
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 14
CLASSES OF ADJECTIVES
HOW TO DISCOVER AN ADJECTIVE
Exercise 1
QUALIFYING ADJECTIVES
LIMITING ADJECTIVES
Numeral Adjectives
Demonstratives
Exercise 2
ARTICLES
Exercise 3
INTERROGATIVE ADJECTIVES
INDEFINITES
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 14
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 15
ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS
ADJECTIVES AS NOUNS
ADJECTIVES WITH PRONOUNS
COMPARISON
DESCENDING COMPARISON
PARTICIPLES AS ADJECTIVES
Exercise 1
PARTICIPLE PHRASES
USES OF ADJECTIVES
COMMON ERRORS
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
SPELLING
LESSON 15
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 16
WORDS ADDED TO VERBS
HOW TO TELL ADVERBS
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
CLASSES OF ADVERBS
Exercise 3
INTERROGATIVE ADVERBS
Exercise 4
ADVERBS OF MODE
PHRASE ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Exercise 5
NOUNS AS ADVERBS
Exercise 6
SPELLING
LESSON 16
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 17
COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Exercise 1
POSITION OF ADVERBS
Exercise 2
ADVERBS AND INFINITIVES
COMMON ERRORS
Exercise 3
DO NOT USE TOO MANY ADVERBS
Exercise 4
SPELLING
LESSON 17
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 18
A GROUP OF WORDS
Exercise 1
USED AS ADVERBS
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
PREPOSITIONS
ADVERBS AND PREPOSITIONS
Exercise 4
PHRASE PREPOSITIONS
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 18
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 19
AN IMPORTANT WORD
Exercise 1
A GOVERNING WORD
Where to Put the Preposition
POSSESSIVE PHRASES
COMMON ERRORS
The Correct Preposition
THE PREPOSITION WITH VERBS
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
SPELLING
LESSON 19
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 20
CONJUNCTIONS
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
CLASSES OF CONJUNCTIONS
CO-ORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
NOUNS
Exercise 3
PRONOUNS
Exercise 4
VERBS
Exercise 5
ADJECTIVES
Exercise 6
ADVERBS
Exercise 7
PHRASES
Verb Phrases
Exercise 8
Prepositional Phrases
Exercise 9
Infinitives and Participles
Exercise 10
CLAUSES
CORRELATIVES
Exercise 11
SPELLING
LESSON 20
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 21
SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
CLASSES OF SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS
SUMMARY
Exercise 1
PHRASE CONJUNCTIONS
Exercise 2
NOUN CLAUSES
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
SPELLING
LESSON 21
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 22
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Exercise 1
THE INTRODUCING WORD
Exercise 2
WHICH RELATIVE PRONOUN TO USE
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES WITH CONJUNCTIONS
THE LITTLE WORD "AS"
CONNECTIVE WORDS
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
SPELLING
LESSON 22
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 23
INTERJECTIONS
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
EXCLAMATORY WORDS
Exercise 3
YES AND NO
OTHER INDEPENDENT EXPRESSIONS
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Exercise 4
EXPLANATORY WORDS
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
SPELLING
LESSON 23
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 24
SENTENCE BUILDING
THREE KINDS OF SENTENCES
In Exclamatory Form
ANALYSIS—SIMPLE SENTENCES
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
ANOTHER ELEMENT
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
COPULATIVE VERBS
Exercise 5
VERB PHRASES
LET US SUM UP
Exercise 6
SPELLING
LESSON 24
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 25
THE SUBJECT OF A SIMPLE SENTENCE
PLACE OF THE SUBJECT IN A SENTENCE
Exercise 1
THE COMPLETE PREDICATE
INCOMPLETE VERBS
THE OBJECT OF THE VERB
VERBS OF STATE OR CONDITION
Exercise 2
MODIFIERS OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
ORDER OF ELEMENTS
Exercise 3
SPELLING
LESSON 25
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 26
THE SIMPLE SENTENCE
Exercise 1
COMPLEX SENTENCES
KINDS OF DEPENDENT CLAUSES
NOUN CLAUSES
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
ADVERB CLAUSES
ANALYZING COMPLEX SENTENCES
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
SPELLING
LESSON 26
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 27
KINDS OF SENTENCES
Exercise 1
KINDS OF COMPOUND SENTENCES
Exercise 2
SENTENCE ANALYSIS
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
SUMMARY
ESSENTIALS OF A SIMPLE SENTENCE
THE SUBJECT
Modifiers of the Subject
THE PREDICATE
SIMPLE SUBJECT ENLARGED
SIMPLE PREDICATE ENLARGED
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
SPELLING
LESSON 27
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 28
CAPITAL LETTERS
RULES FOR THE USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
ABBREVIATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS
COMMONLY USED ABBREVIATIONS
Exercise 4
SPELLING
LESSON 28
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 29
PUNCTUATION
THE COMMA
WORDS WHICH FORM A SERIES
PHRASES WHICH FORM SERIES
CLAUSES USED IN A SERIES
Exercise 1
THE SEMI-COLON
RULES FOR THE USE OF THE SEMI-COLON
RULES FOR THE USE OF THE COLON
RULES FOR THE USE OF THE PERIOD
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
SPELLING
LESSON 29
PATIENTS or PATIENCE
NEGLIGENCE or NEGLECT
OBSERVANCE or OBSERVATION
RELATIVES or RELATIONS
SECTS or SEX
STATUE or STATUTE
PLAIN ENGLISH
LESSON 30
THE ETERNAL WHY
THE INTERROGATION POINT
THE EXCLAMATION POINT
THE DASH
PARENTHESIS
THE PUNCTUATION OF THE PARENTHESIS
OTHER USES OF THE PARENTHESIS
THE BRACKET
QUOTATION MARKS
THE QUOTATION WITHIN A QUOTATION
PUNCTUATION WITH QUOTATION MARKS
THE APOSTROPHE
THE HYPHEN
ADDITIONAL MARKS OF PUNCTUATION
MARKS OF ELLIPSIS
MARKS OF REFERENCE
Exercise 1
SPELLING
LESSON 30
THE END AND THE BEGINNING
INDEX
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