OF

ENGLISH GRAMMAR

BY

A. E. SHARP

OF MISS SPENCE'S SCHOOL, NEW YORK

NEW YORK
WILLIAM R. JENKINS CO.

PUBLISHERS

851-853 SIXTH AVENUE

(COR. 48TH STREET)

PREFACE.

THIS Course is prepared to meet the needs of children beginning the study of English grammar between the ages of nine and ten. It aims :

1. To present the subject-matter in easy stages, systematically graded according to the capabilities of the average pupil; with exercises designed to train the logical faculty and keep the child mind alert and active.

2. To set forth the rules in clear, succinct form that they may be easily memorized.

3. To give the abundant practice necessary for such young children.

All explanation of rules has been left for the teacher to give orally, it having been found that pupils of this age do not learn readily from printed instruction; their attention is distracted by many words, and they are unable to distinguish between what is material and what is immaterial.

The method of teaching the arrangement of the parts of speech proposed and illustrated on page 44 has been found of the greatest service. It gives the children ample practice in recognizing the use of words in a sentence, and is easy of correction by the teacher.

This system of instruction has been successfully tried in the schoolroom for many years, and it is in the hope that the study of grammar may be made to many others the pleasure that it has been to the writer and her pupils that the course is now being put into book form

A. E. SHARP.

FIRST YEAR COURSE