Part 27 (1/2)

Pure water is dest.i.tute of color.

Pure water is dest.i.tute of taste.

Pure water is dest.i.tute of smell.

Cicero was the greatest orator of his age.

Demosthenes was the greatest orator of his age.

Daisies peeped up here.

Daisies peeped up there.

Daisies peeped up everywhere.

Expand each of the following sentences into three.

The English language is spoken in England, Canada, and the United States.

The Missouri, Ohio, and Arkansas rivers are branches of the Mississippi.

Out of the four following sentences, build one sentence having three explanatory modifiers.

+Model+.--Elizabeth was _the daughter of Henry VIII_.

Elizabeth was _sister of Queen Mary_.

Elizabeth was _the patron of literature_.

Elizabeth defeated the Armada.

Elizabeth, _the daughter of Henry VIII., sister of Queen Mary, and the patron of literature_, defeated the Armada.

Boston is the capital of Ma.s.sachusetts.

Boston is the Athens of America.

Boston is the ”Hub of the Universe.”

Boston has crooked streets.

Expand the following sentence into four sentences.

Daniel Webster, the great jurist, the expounder of the Const.i.tution, and the chief of the ”American Triumvirate,” died with the words, ”I still live,” on his lips.

LESSON 68.

SENTENCE-BUILDING.

+To the Teacher+.--For additional exercises in composition, see Notes, pp.

176-180.

Change the following simple sentences into complex sentences by expanding the phrases into adjective clauses.

+Model+.--People _living in gla.s.s houses_ shouldn't throw stones.

People _who live in gla.s.s houses_ shouldn't throw stones.

Those living in the Arctic regions need much oily food.