7. Did Ella say that these flowers are 8. We shall not need the ball.

they would bring

9. Is Henry a friend of -?

10. Which of these marbles are

-?

Fred and Jack said

and which are

-?

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SPEAKING CLEARLY

Practice the following expressions until you have formed the habit of speaking them clearly. Remember that good speech and bad speech are merely matters of habit.

1. Let me see.

2. Let me alone.

3. Let me tell her.

4. Let me have them.

5. Give me that.

6. Give me one of them.

7. Won't you give me one?
8. What will you give me?
9. Tell them about it.

10. Show them what you have.
11. He makes them mind.
12. Do you see them coming?
13. Can you hear him?

14. He's taller than I.

15. He can play better than I. 16. He can run faster than I.

17. Can you get it?

18. Get it for him.

19. Let them see what you can do.

20. He's doing his best.

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FOR READING

FAIRY SHIPWRECK

One morning when the rain was done,

And all the trees adrip

I found, all shining in the sun,
A storm-wrecked fairy ship.

Its hull was fashioned of a leaf,
A tiny twig its mast,

And high upon a green branch reef
By winds it had been cast.

A spider's web, the fragile sail,
Now flying loose and torn,
Once spread itself to catch the gale
By which the ship was borne.

Its voyages at last were o'er,
And gone were all the crew:
And did they safely get ashore?
Alas, I wish I knew!

-Frank Dempster Sherman.

Little Folks Lyrics, Houghton Mifflin Company.

Read the poem aloud, stanza by stanza, in turn around the class.

Notice the words ending in ing.

Separate words clearly.

Read as if you were speaking.

Describe the fairy ship. Have you ever seen one? Find three instances of the use of its in this poem.

Write the title of the picture.

Write a paragraph, telling a story about the picture. One of you may write your finished paragraph on the blackboard. Your classmates will tell you:

1. Whether the first line of the paragraph is written correctly.

2. Whether the sentences begin and end correctly. 3. Whether each sentence helps along the thought of the paragraph.

Fill in the first blank with the word or phrase giving the time of your fishing experience.

Fill in the second blank with a word expressing your idea of the day.

Choose words from the list given.

With this as your topic sentence tell about a day's fishing, making use of the words in the list.

REVIEWING MARKS OF PUNCTUATION

Once upon a time the trees set out to find some one to

be their king

They went to the olive tree and said Olive tree come and be our king

But the olive tree said Why should I be your king my Maker sent me here to bear my olives I cannot leave my task to be your king

Then the trees asked the palm tree the apple tree and the vine to be their king but each gave the same answer as the olive tree

At last the trees went to the bramble bush and said Bramble bush come and be our king

The bramble bush said I bear no fruit I have no task to leave I may as well be your king

So the bramble bush became king

You find the story difficult to read because there are no marks of punctuation to help you. Copy the story, putting periods, question marks, commas, quotation marks, and capital letters where they belong. Give the reason for each mark that you use. Read the story as you have punctuated it. You find it much easier to understand, do you not?

These words are the names of religious denominations. With what kind of letter does each begin?

The name of a religious denomination begins with a capital letter.