SIMPLE SENTENCES.
Intransitive—having one Subject, one Predicate.
Transitive—having one Subject, one Predicate, one Object.
COMPOUND SENTENCES.
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Intransitive—two Subjects, one Predicate |
Intransitive—one Subject, two Predicates. | |
Transitive—one Subject, two Predicates, two Objects. |
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Transitive—two Subjects, two Predicates, one Object. |
Transitive—two Subjects, two Predicates, two Objects. | |
Transitive—two Subjects, one Predicate, two Objects. | |
Transitive—two Subjects, one Predicate, one Object. | |
Transitive—one Subject, two Predicates, one Object. | |
Transitive—one Subject, one Predicate, two Objects. |
MIXED SENTENCES.
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First Clause, Intransitive; Second, Transitive. |
First Clause, Transitive; Second, Intransitive. |
COMPLEX SENTENCES.
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The Auxiliary sentence Substantive Subject of the Principal sentence. |
The Auxiliary sentence Substantive Object of the Principal sentence. |
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Principal sentence, Simple, Intransitive. |
Auxiliary sentence, Simple, Transitive, Adverbial. |
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Principal sentence, Simple, Transitive. |
Auxiliary sentence, Simple, Transitive, Adjective. |
EXAMPLES OF COMPLEX SENTENCES.
Rem.—Let the pupil write the Diagram for each sentence on the back-board and insert the words in the proper places.
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, |
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | |
Blessed are they that mourn, | |
for they shall be comforted. | |
Blessed are the meek, | |
for they shall inherit the earth. | |
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. |
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Blessed are the pure in heart, | |
for they shall see God. | |
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, | |
for, when he is tried, | |
he shall receive the crown of life, | |
which the Lord hath promised | |
to them that love him. |
OTHER EXAMPLES, IN WHICH THE AUXILIARY SENTENCE
IS SUBSTANTIVE.
“That I have taken this old man's daughter, is most true.”
“As they sat down, one SAID to his friend at his right, ‘We shall soon see who is who.’”
“We bustle up with unsuccessful speed,
And in the saddest part, cry—‘Droll indeed.’”
“Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.”
“A celebrated writer says—‘Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves.’”
AUXILIARY SENTENCE—ADJECTIVE.
“There is SOMETHING in their hearts which passes speech.”
“I heard the complaints of the LABORERS who had reaped down his fields, and the cries of the POOR whose covering he had taken away.”
“The difference in the HAPPINESS which is received or bestowed by the MAN who guards his temper, and that by the MAN who does not, is immense.”
AUXILIARY SENTENCE—ADVERBIAL.
And, as I passed along, I HEARD the complaints of the laborers.
“The sweet remembrance of the just,
SHALL FLOURISH when he sleeps in dust.”
“But when he caught the measure wild,
The old man RAISED his head, and SMILED.”
“And when [he was] listening to this, he WOULD often CLASP his hands in ecstasy of delight.”
“Their advancement in life and in education was SUCH that each ought to have been a gentleman.”
“As they sat down, one SAID to his friend on his right, 'We shall soon see who is who.’”
“If you would know the deeds of him who chews,
ENTER the house of God, and SEE the pews.” Adams.
PROMISCUOUS EXAMPLES.
Virtue secures happiness.
“Darkness is o’er the land—
For lo! a death-flag streams upon the breeze—
The Hero hath departed!”
“Nay, let us weep. Our grief hath need of tears—
Tears should embalm the dead.
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Throned in a nation’s love he sunk to sleep,
And so awoke in heaven.”—Mrs. Stevens.
“The perfect world, by Adam trod,
Was the first temple—built by God:
His fiat laid the corner-stone,
And heaved its pillars one by one.
“He hung its starry roof on high—
The broad, illimitable sky;
He spread its pavement green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.”