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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 1

Give the definitions of each type of sentence below:

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Identify the types of sentences from your textbook.
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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 2

Give three examples of each type of sentence:

declarative

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interrogative

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imperative

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exclamatory

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 3

In the following sentences, highlight the subject with one color and the predicate with another. Indicate
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1. The whole island was covered with wood.
2. The first spring wild-flowers yield no honey.
3. The old oaken bucket hangs in the well.
4. Blessed are the pure in heart.
5. The first dragon-fly of the season is always a happy discovery.
6. These prairies glow with flowers.
7. The copper of Cyprus was in demand in most places of the ancient world.
8. All bloodless lay the untrodden snow.
9. For three nights they floated down the stream. 10. Language is the highest mode of expression.

Copy the sentences from Exercise 2 in your textbook and give the implied subject in parentheses ().

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 4

State the kind of sentence, and highlight the subject and the predicate (as you did in the previous
lesson) in each of the following sentences:

______________ 1. When will the matter be settled?

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______________ 6. How lightly past hardship sits upon us!
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______________ 9. Do your friends know this?
______________ 10. How blessings brighten as they take their flight!
Give the definitions of subject and predicate.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 5

Give three examples of each type of sentence, highlighting the subject and predicate of each as before.
declarative

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interrogative

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imperative

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exclamatory

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 6

Make a list of subjects as directed by your textbook, in the table below.

Interesting things I have seen

Interesting events I remember

Interesting people or things

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 7

Write as a topic below, something you recently studied in history or science.

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Write five words or phrases that give details about that topic. See the appendix for examples of how
this is done.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 8

Write five sentences below,using the words and phrases from yesterday's assignment.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 9

Rewrite the five sentences from yesterday below, putting them in a logical order or sequence as you go
along.

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You've now constructed a simple paragraph. This is the format you will use in the future.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 10

Write a brief paragraph, summarizing in your own words the chapter on composition.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 11

Tell what kinds of composition you would use for the following subjects.

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______________ 7. The story of the invention of the telegraph.
______________ 8. A morning walk.
______________ 9. Our church building.
______________ 10. The life of a butterfly.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 12

Tell what types of compositions are best for each of the subjects you listed in Lesson 6. What type did
you write in lesson 10?

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 13

Write three amusing or odd subjects for description.

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Write three subjects for accurate, careful description, such as you may find in scientific or technical
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Write three subjects you have heard argued.

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Write three interesting subjects for exposition, suggested by objects seen at home or at school or in
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Write three subjects for narration.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 14

Find in a newspaper or magazine or book a good, brief description of a person or an object; copy it or
below. Be sure to tell what your source was!

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Find and copy an amusing or an interesting brief narrative, such as an anecdote.

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Painless English Grammar & Composition
Lesson 15

Find and copy a brief piece of exposition or explanation.

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Write a brief account of some argument you have heard or read, stating some of the reasons given as
proofs.

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