INDEX Quotations capitals beginning, 78, 80, 83 to memorize, 354 Reading exercises tending to promote oral, learning the elements of Readings oral, 58, 69, 70, 72, 121, 127, silent, 28, 29, 46, 52, 54, 67, 129, 146, 182, 192, 196, 200, Regret, formal note of to study, 319 writing, 320, 321 Regret, informal note of to study, 314 writing, 316 381 distinguishing different kinds of, practice in distinguishing com- that make statements, 44, 84 verbs as complete, 259 what they are and how to use them, 39-53 Series of words, 208-210 shall, will, correct use of, 265, 266 Singular forms, 155, 156 Roosevelt, Theodore, quotation, Singular number, 228–231, 362 354 said, words to use in place of, 89, Salutations comma following, 194 sit, set, correct use of, 264, 265 thinking, 29, 30, 31, 42, 43, combining sentences in, 290 imaginative, 88, 89, 101, 108, to illustrate proverbs, 310, 311 A Legend, 67 Questions of a Blind Man (Tol- The Bird Room (Miller), 196 The First Voyage of Columbus The General's Story, 182 The Lion and the Rabbit (La The Pentangle, 170 The Simple Traveler (Swiss), 28 The Two Merchants (La Fon- What is Most Precious (K. T.) Stories, retelling, 59, 134, 292 Tennyson, The Brook's Song, 256 learning to use present, past, 53, 64, 66, 75, 83, 92, 105, 116, Contractions Correct Usage Dictionary Enunciation good Interjections Months Names Negatives nice Nouns Number Parts of speech Persons Places Plurals Prepositions pretty Pronouns Synonyms Tense Verbs Vocabulary building Weeks, days of Words Words choice of, 218, 219 learning to appreciate value of,301 Written composition. (See Compo- |